Zunshine, Lisa.

Getting Inside Your Head : What Cognitive Science Can Tell Us about Popular Culture. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (234 pages)

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.

9781421408750


Psychology and literature.
Cognition and culture.
Popular culture and literature.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Philosophy and cognitive science.


Electronic books.

PN56.P93 Z86 2012

801/.92