{"product_id":"getting-inside-your-head-lisa-zunshine-9781421406169","title":"Getting Inside Your Head: What Cognitive Science Can Tell Us about Popular Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUsing the psychological concept called theory of mind, Lisa Zunshine explores the appeal of movies, novels, paintings, musicals, and reality television.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCognitive 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. \u003ci\u003eGetting Inside Your Head\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e's Mr. Darcy as he tries to conceal his anger, Tyler Durden as he lectures a stranger at gunpoint in \u003ci\u003eFight Club\u003c\/i\u003e, and Ingrid Bergman as she fakes interest in horse races in \u003ci\u003eNotorious\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lisa Zunshine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421406160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421406169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.33w x 0.96d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2013","brand":"Lisa Zunshine","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088210145535,"sku":"9781421406169","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_44f06c3b-9d1a-4d0e-a688-66e6e7fc6c3e.jpg?v=1769103666","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/getting-inside-your-head-lisa-zunshine-9781421406169","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}