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