Celine! I recommend you read Rita Felski's essay 'The Invention of Everyday Life' from her book Doing Time. She gives a really nice definition of everydayness and problematises Lefebvre, Blanchot, de Certeau et al. a little.
This is such a good recommendation—thank you! She's quoted a bit in The Everyday but it's nice to get her longer-form thoughts.
Really loved her reflections on the phenomenology of everyday life—and on habit (critically: as a vehicle for ideology and conservativism, but also reparatively: as a source of comfort and a carrier of important cultural rituals)
Hi Celine, there is an earlier translation of Kanai's earlier works, Indian Summer: A Novel. It was released in September 30, 2012. I think you'll like this novel too. It focuses on the interiority of womanhood, women, and their everyday lives.
Minh, thank you for sharing! I somehow completely missed this 🥲 but am going to look for a copy of the novel now, as I'd love to read more of Kanai's writing!
Hello Celine. Thank you for expanding my 'i-should-read-it-immediately" list and broadening my horizons. I'd like to recommend you a fascinating piece that might add up to your experience - a 1975 film written and directed by Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman.
The title is Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Celine! I recommend you read Rita Felski's essay 'The Invention of Everyday Life' from her book Doing Time. She gives a really nice definition of everydayness and problematises Lefebvre, Blanchot, de Certeau et al. a little.
This is such a good recommendation—thank you! She's quoted a bit in The Everyday but it's nice to get her longer-form thoughts.
Really loved her reflections on the phenomenology of everyday life—and on habit (critically: as a vehicle for ideology and conservativism, but also reparatively: as a source of comfort and a carrier of important cultural rituals)
Hi Celine, there is an earlier translation of Kanai's earlier works, Indian Summer: A Novel. It was released in September 30, 2012. I think you'll like this novel too. It focuses on the interiority of womanhood, women, and their everyday lives.
Minh, thank you for sharing! I somehow completely missed this 🥲 but am going to look for a copy of the novel now, as I'd love to read more of Kanai's writing!
Hello Celine. Thank you for expanding my 'i-should-read-it-immediately" list and broadening my horizons. I'd like to recommend you a fascinating piece that might add up to your experience - a 1975 film written and directed by Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman.
The title is Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
"Film literature" -- we connect ... xo ~ Mary