Sociology defamiliarizes the taken- for- granted nature of the everyday. Explain and illustrate this statement in relation to the street and the pub.

As an area of sociological study the everyday only emerged relatively recently. It might seem too mundane, too ordinary a field to study, but as Lefebvre commented, the everyday life is the base of everything (Lefebvre Book 1, page 317). The home is often viewed as a central location for the everyday to take place but increasingly other locations such as the street and the pub are viewed as areas of sociological interest. As with many concepts, the home, street, pub and the everyday life are especially with regards to repetition routine and habits – contested. The daily…(short extract)