Boredom / / Elena Carrera.

This Element challenges prevailing views of boredom as a modern phenomenon and as an experience occurring inside our minds. It discusses the changing perspectives on boredom within psychology, psychiatry and psychoanalysis on both sides of the Atlantic in the last 100 years. It also analyses visual...

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Superior document:Cambridge elements. Elements in histories of emotions and the senses,
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press,, 2023.
Year of Publication:2023
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Series:Cambridge elements. Elements in histories of emotions and the senses,
Physical Description:1 online resource (90 pages) :; illustrations (black and white, and colour), digital, PDF file(s).
Notes:Also issued in print: 2023.
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Summary:This Element challenges prevailing views of boredom as a modern phenomenon and as an experience occurring inside our minds. It discusses the changing perspectives on boredom within psychology, psychiatry and psychoanalysis on both sides of the Atlantic in the last 100 years. It also analyses visual and textual material from France, Germany, Britain, Argentina and Spain, which illustrates the kinds of social situations, people and interactions that have been considered tedious or boring in the past five centuries.
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:1009412353
1009412396
1009412361
ISSN:2632-1068
Access:Open access.
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Elena Carrera.