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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Zunshine, Lisa.
Imprint:	Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2012.
Description:	1 online resource (240 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Philosophy and cognitive science. Characters and characteristics in literature. Popular culture and literature. Cognition and culture. Psychology and literature. Characters and characteristics in literature. Cognition and culture. Philosophy and cognitive science. Popular culture and literature. Psychology and literature. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11168347

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ISBN:	9781421408750 1421408759 1421408759 9781421406169 1421406160
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	"We live in other people's heads: avidly, reluctantly, consciously, unaware, mistakenly, and inescapably. Our social life is a constant negotiation among what we think we know about each other's thoughts and feelings, what we want each other to think we know, and what we would dearly love to know but don't. Cognitive scientists have a special term for the evolved cognitive adaptation that makes us attribute mental states to other people through observation of their body language; they call it theory of mind. Getting Inside Your Head uses research in theory of mind to look at movies, musicals, novels, classic Chinese opera, stand-up comedy, mock-documentaries, photography, and reality television. It follows Pride and Prejudice's Mr. Darcy as he tries to conceal his anger, Tyler Durden as he lectures a stranger at gunpoint in Fight Club, and Ingrid Bergman as she fakes interest in horse races in Notorious. 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"--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Zunshine, Lisa. Getting inside your head. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012 9781421406169

Table of Contents:

0. List of Illustrations
0. Preface
1. Culture of Greedy Mind Readers
2. I Know What You're Thinking, Mr. Darcy!
3. Sadistic Benefactors
4. Theaters, Hippodromes, and Other Mousetraps
5. Movies
6. Mockumentaries, Photography, and Stand-Up Comedy
7. Reality TV
8. Musicals (Particularly around 11 pm)
9. Painting Feelings
10. Painting Mysteries
0. Coda
0. Notes
0. Bibliography
0. Index