Getting Inside Your Head : What Cognitive Science Can Tell Us about Popular Culture.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781421408750
- 801/.92
- PN56.P93 Z86 2012
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.
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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