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

Zunshine, Lisa,

Getting inside your head : what cognitive science can tell us about popular culture / Lisa Zunshine. - xiii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-209) and index.

Culture of greedy mind readers -- I know what you're thinking, Mr. Darcy! -- Sadistic benefactors -- Theaters, hippodromes, and other mousetraps -- Movies : the power of restraint -- Mockumentaries, photography, and stand-up comedy : upping the agony -- Reality TV : humiliation in real time -- Musicals (particularly around 11 pm) -- Painting feelings -- Painting mysteries.

1421406160 9781421406169

2011048290


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

PN56.P93 / Z86 2012

801.92

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