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Unit 8 · Reading Comprehension English · June 2023 (Shift 2)

In the passage, de Certeau's theory of everyday life offers a site of ___ the dominant.

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Correct answer: B. resisting

Explanation

In The Practice of Everyday Life (1980) users' 'tactics' resist the 'strategies' of institutions.

Note: Passage II, a modern prose passage on everyday-life theory, is copyrighted and not reproduced. It describes everyday-life studies as the study of overlooked routines (walking, eating, working) that never count as historical 'events'. It notes that theorists differ on their politics: Lefebvre-style critique sees alienation under capitalism, Foucault sees power at work in private life, and de Certeau finds in everyday practices 'tactics' of quiet resistance in the interstices of the dominant order.

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