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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810269303321

Autore

Zunshine Lisa

Titolo

Getting inside your head : what cognitive science can tell us about popular culture / / Lisa Zunshine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2012

ISBN

9781421408750

1421408759

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Classificazione

LCO000000PSY000000SCI000000

Disciplina

801/.92

Soggetti

Psychology and literature

Cognition and culture

Popular culture and literature

Characters and characteristics in literature

Philosophy and cognitive science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface: Fantasies of Access -- ONE: Culture of Greedy Mind Readers -- TWO: I Know What You're Thinking Mr. Darcy! -- THREE: Sadistic Benefactors -- FOUR: Theaters, Hippodromes, and Other Mousetraps -- FIVE: Movies: The Power of Restraint -- SIX: Mockumentaries, Photography, and Stand-Up Comedy: Upping the Agony -- SEVEN: Reality TV: Humiliation in Real Time -- EIGHT: Musicals (Particularly around 11 PM) -- NINE: Painting Feelings -- TEN: Painting Mysteries -- Coda -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

This engaging book exemplifies the new interdisciplinary field of cognitive cultural studies, demonstrating that collaboration between cognitive science and cultural studies is both exciting and productive.