L’invention du quotidien
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L’invention du quotidien is a seminal work of cultural theory by Michel de Certeau that analyzes how ordinary people tactically appropriate and subvert dominant social and cultural structures in everyday life.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: L’invention du quotidien Context triple: [Michel de Certeau, notableWork, L’invention du quotidien]
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La Folie du Jour
La Folie du Jour was a celebrated Parisian music-hall revue in which Josephine Baker rose to fame with her groundbreaking, provocative performances during the 1920s.
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The Morning Paper
"The Morning Paper" is a song by indie musician Smog (Bill Callahan), featured on his 1997 album *Red Apple Falls*, known for its sparse arrangement and introspective, narrative lyrics.
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C.
L’écriture ou la vie
L’écriture ou la vie is a memoir by Jorge Semprún in which he reflects on his survival of Nazi concentration camps and the struggle between bearing witness through writing and the desire to live beyond trauma.
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Les Souffrances de l’inventeur
Les Souffrances de l’inventeur is a section of Honoré de Balzac’s novel Illusions perdues that focuses on the struggles and disillusionment of the ambitious young inventor David Séchard.
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Tous les matins du monde
Tous les matins du monde is a 1991 French historical drama film about 17th-century viola da gamba players, renowned for its austere style, Baroque music, and performances by Jean-Pierre Marielle and Gérard Depardieu.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: L’invention du quotidien Target entity description: L’invention du quotidien is a seminal work of cultural theory by Michel de Certeau that analyzes how ordinary people tactically appropriate and subvert dominant social and cultural structures in everyday life.
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A.
La Folie du Jour
La Folie du Jour was a celebrated Parisian music-hall revue in which Josephine Baker rose to fame with her groundbreaking, provocative performances during the 1920s.
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B.
The Morning Paper
"The Morning Paper" is a song by indie musician Smog (Bill Callahan), featured on his 1997 album *Red Apple Falls*, known for its sparse arrangement and introspective, narrative lyrics.
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C.
L’écriture ou la vie
L’écriture ou la vie is a memoir by Jorge Semprún in which he reflects on his survival of Nazi concentration camps and the struggle between bearing witness through writing and the desire to live beyond trauma.
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D.
Les Souffrances de l’inventeur
Les Souffrances de l’inventeur is a section of Honoré de Balzac’s novel Illusions perdues that focuses on the struggles and disillusionment of the ambitious young inventor David Séchard.
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E.
Tous les matins du monde
Tous les matins du monde is a 1991 French historical drama film about 17th-century viola da gamba players, renowned for its austere style, Baroque music, and performances by Jean-Pierre Marielle and Gérard Depardieu.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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work of cultural theory ⓘ |
| author | Michel de Certeau ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
appropriation of cultural products
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bricolage ⓘ poaching ⓘ strategies of institutions ⓘ subversion of dominant structures ⓘ tactics of everyday life ⓘ
linked to:
The Practice of Everyday Life
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| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| EnglishEditionPublicationYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| EnglishEditionPublisher | University of California Press ⓘ |
| field |
cultural theory
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history ⓘ philosophy ⓘ social theory ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 2-264-00315-1 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
L’invention du quotidien, tome 1 : Arts de faire
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linked to:
L’invention du quotidien
L’invention du quotidien, tome 2 : Habiter, cuisiner ⓘ
linked to:
L’invention du quotidien
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| influenced |
anthropology
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cultural studies ⓘ media studies ⓘ sociology of everyday life ⓘ urban studies ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
everyday practices as creative acts
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users as producers of meaning ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| publisher | Union générale d’éditions ⓘ |
| subject |
consumer culture
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consumption ⓘ cultural practices ⓘ cultural theory ⓘ everyday life ⓘ power relations ⓘ reading practices ⓘ resistance ⓘ social practices ⓘ strategies ⓘ tactics ⓘ urban space ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
cultural studies
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post-structuralism ⓘ |
| translatedAs | The Practice of Everyday Life ⓘ |
| translator | Steven Rendall ⓘ |
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