And these shared views of the ideal white self functioned as seemingly neutral yardsticks against which mundane behaviors, norms, values, and expectations were measured.
People value mundane things much more highly when they think of them as somehow "their own": they insist on a much higher price for a coffee cup they think of as theirs, for instance, than for an identical one that isn't.
In the class of large, mundane sedans, size and value matter above all.
By adding value to mundane logistics, the Fungs have been able to boost commissions as a supply hub from 3% to between 5% and 10%, even as volume rose dramatically.
He wants to sell micro-day parts of people's lives, and over the long term he thinks that these mundane videos will have value to people who want to go back and reconstruct parts of their lives.
In addition to embodying obvious humor and a hefty polemic in his work, Richard is also affected and influenced by situationalism, the process of recontextualizing the mundane in order to value the real, in turn redefining the object in question.
But those in the hall, plus 1,000 online bidders joining the auction through cyberspace, seemed to see value in the most mundane bric-a-brac.
They must, however, be equipped to enforce constitutional values in both controversial and mundane cases.
We are entering a phase in the cleantech revolution where we are reaping efficiency value from even the most mundane items.
As he built the most successful practice army Battle School had ever seen, Ender proved the value of teamwork, trust, and mundane interpersonal work.
