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33 produkter
33 produkter
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
527 kr
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In what ways is comedy subversive? This vital new book critically considers the importance of comedy in challenging and redefining our relations to race and racism through the lens of political correctness.By viewing comedy as both a constitutive feature of social interaction and as a necessary requirement in the appraisal of what is often deemed to be ‘politically correct’, this book provides an innovative and multidisciplinary approach to the study of comedy and popular culture. In doing so, it engages with the social and cultural tensions inherent to our understandings of political correctness, arguing that comedy can subversively redefine our approach to ‘PC Debates’, contestations surrounding free speech and the popular portrayal of political correctness in the media and society. Aided by the work of both Slavoj Žižek and Alenka Zupančič, this unique analysis adopts a psychoanalytic/philosophical framework to explore issues of race, racism and political correctness in the widely acclaimed BBC ‘mockumentary’, The Office (UK), as well as a variety of television comedies.Drawing from psychoanalysis, social psychology and philosophy, this book will be highly relevant for postgraduate students and academic researchers studying comedy, race/racism, multiculturalism, political correctness and television/film.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2021
1 807 kr
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In what ways is comedy subversive? This vital new book critically considers the importance of comedy in challenging and redefining our relations to race and racism through the lens of political correctness.By viewing comedy as both a constitutive feature of social interaction and as a necessary requirement in the appraisal of what is often deemed to be ‘politically correct’, this book provides an innovative and multidisciplinary approach to the study of comedy and popular culture. In doing so, it engages with the social and cultural tensions inherent to our understandings of political correctness, arguing that comedy can subversively redefine our approach to ‘PC Debates’, contestations surrounding free speech and the popular portrayal of political correctness in the media and society. Aided by the work of both Slavoj Žižek and Alenka Zupančič, this unique analysis adopts a psychoanalytic/philosophical framework to explore issues of race, racism and political correctness in the widely acclaimed BBC ‘mockumentary’, The Office (UK), as well as a variety of television comedies.Drawing from psychoanalysis, social psychology and philosophy, this book will be highly relevant for postgraduate students and academic researchers studying comedy, race/racism, multiculturalism, political correctness and television/film.
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
242 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
384 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2026
313 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
1 928 kr
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This book considers the ability of individuals and communities to maintain healthy relationships with their surroundings—before, during and after catastrophic events—through physical activity and sporting practices.Broad and ambitious in scope, this book uses sport and physical activity as a lens through which to examine our catastrophic societies and spaces. Acknowledging that catastrophes are complex, overlapping phenomena in need of sophisticated, interdisciplinary solutions, this book explores the social, economic, ecological and moral injustices that determine the personal and emotional impact of catastrophe. Drawing from international case studies, this book uniquely explores the different landscapes and contexts of catastrophe as well as the affective qualities of sporting practices. This includes topics such as DIY skateparks in Jamaica; former child soldiers in Africa; the funding of sport, recreation and cultural activities by extractive industries in northern Canada; mountain biking in the UK; and urban exploration in New Zealand. Featuring the work of ex-professional athletes, artists, anthropologists, sociologists, political ecologists, community development workers and philosophers, this book offers new perspectives on capitalism, nature, sociality, morality and identity.This is essential reading for academics and practitioners in sociology, disaster studies, sport-for-development and political ecology.
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
584 kr
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This book considers the ability of individuals and communities to maintain healthy relationships with their surroundings—before, during and after catastrophic events—through physical activity and sporting practices.Broad and ambitious in scope, this book uses sport and physical activity as a lens through which to examine our catastrophic societies and spaces. Acknowledging that catastrophes are complex, overlapping phenomena in need of sophisticated, interdisciplinary solutions, this book explores the social, economic, ecological and moral injustices that determine the personal and emotional impact of catastrophe. Drawing from international case studies, this book uniquely explores the different landscapes and contexts of catastrophe as well as the affective qualities of sporting practices. This includes topics such as DIY skateparks in Jamaica; former child soldiers in Africa; the funding of sport, recreation and cultural activities by extractive industries in northern Canada; mountain biking in the UK; and urban exploration in New Zealand. Featuring the work of ex-professional athletes, artists, anthropologists, sociologists, political ecologists, community development workers and philosophers, this book offers new perspectives on capitalism, nature, sociality, morality and identity.This is essential reading for academics and practitioners in sociology, disaster studies, sport-for-development and political ecology.
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
461 kr
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The Psychosis of Race offers a unique and detailed account of the psychoanalytic significance of race, and the ongoing impact of racism in contemporary society.Moving beyond the well-trodden assertion that race is a social construction, and working against demands that simply call for more representational equality, The Psychosis of Race explores how the delusions, anxieties, and paranoia that frame our race relations can afford new insights into how we see, think, and understand race’s pervasive appeal. With examples drawn from politics and popular culture—such as Candyman, Get Out, and the music of Kendrick Lamar—critical attention is given to introducing, as well as explicating on, several key concepts from Lacanian psychoanalysis and the study of psychosis, including foreclosure, the phallus, Name-of-the-Father, sinthome, and the objet petit a. By elaborating a cultural mode to psychosis and its understanding, an original and critical exposition of the effects of racialization, as well as our ability to discern the very limits of our capacity to think through, or even beyond, the idea of race, is provided.The Psychosis of Race speaks to an emerging area in the study of psychoanalysis and race, and will appeal to scholars and academics across the fields of psychology, sociology, cultural studies, media studies, and the arts and humanities.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
2 007 kr
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The Psychosis of Race offers a unique and detailed account of the psychoanalytic significance of race, and the ongoing impact of racism in contemporary society.Moving beyond the well-trodden assertion that race is a social construction, and working against demands that simply call for more representational equality, The Psychosis of Race explores how the delusions, anxieties, and paranoia that frame our race relations can afford new insights into how we see, think, and understand race’s pervasive appeal. With examples drawn from politics and popular culture—such as Candyman, Get Out, and the music of Kendrick Lamar—critical attention is given to introducing, as well as explicating on, several key concepts from Lacanian psychoanalysis and the study of psychosis, including foreclosure, the phallus, Name-of-the-Father, sinthome, and the objet petit a. By elaborating a cultural mode to psychosis and its understanding, an original and critical exposition of the effects of racialization, as well as our ability to discern the very limits of our capacity to think through, or even beyond, the idea of race, is provided.The Psychosis of Race speaks to an emerging area in the study of psychoanalysis and race, and will appeal to scholars and academics across the fields of psychology, sociology, cultural studies, media studies, and the arts and humanities.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
448 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2010
228 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2007
307 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
1 188 kr
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Sport and Psychoanalysis: What Sport Reveals about Our Unconscious Desires, Fantasies, and Fears explores the intersection of sport and psychoanalysis, emphasizing the often-overlooked psycho-social dimensions underpinning the experience of sport. By challenging the idea that sport offers an “escape” from reality—a realm separate to the politics of everyday life—each chapter critically considers the unconscious desires, fantasies, and fears that underpin the sporting spectacle for both participants and spectators. Indeed, beyond simply applying psychoanalysis to sport, this book proposes how sport can be used to pose questions to psychoanalysis, thus using sport as a medium to elucidate key psychoanalytic ideas and concepts. This volume addresses a diverse range of theorists, including Sigmund Freud, Jacques Lacan, Lou Andreas-Salome´, Norman O. Brown, and Frantz Fanon, and applies them across a variety of topics and sports, including NFL coaching, Manny Pacquiao, play, football, basketball, baseball, poker, and the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, therefore providing a unique understanding of the cultural, social, and psychic significance of sports. A timely and relevant collection, this book will appeal to scholars and practitioners interested in understanding sport from both the cultural and clinical application of psychoanalytic theory as well as academics and practitioners in sport studies, psychology, sociology, education, and cultural studies.
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
210 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
275 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2020
342 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2021
128 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2013
213 kr
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
243 kr
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Engelska, 2023
328 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
441 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2007
155 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2026
294 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2027
1 867 kr
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Jack Black offers a groundbreaking exploration of the cultural significance of sport through the lens of Lacanian psychoanalysis, which also serves as an introduction to Lacanian theory through sport.The Subject of Sport shows that, despite its apparent triviality, sport provides a unique arena where the contradictions of the human subject and society are performed and experienced. With a scholar's rigour and a fan's love of the topic, Jack Black explores sport’s irrationality and examines why sport enthralls as much as it disappoints. By drawing upon concepts such as desire, fantasy, jouissance, and the illusion of the Other, Black illuminates the unconscious dynamics that underpin our engagement with sport. Although sport is typically characterized as installing and promoting ideals of fair play, meritocracy, and sportsmanship, Black argues that these ideals function as fantasies that help sustain a number of unethical practices within sport. Readers are encouraged to explore such multifaceted roles in sport's shaping of both the subject and society by challenging traditional disciplinary boundaries and viewing sport as a profound site of cultural expression, ideological conflict and identity formation. Broadening the scope of psychoanalysis and of sport studies, The Subject of Sport reveals how this seemingly trivial activity provides a platform for confronting lack, negotiating desire, and forging a sense of belonging in a world defined by uncertainty and contradiction.
Häftad, Engelska, 2027
532 kr
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Jack Black offers a groundbreaking exploration of the cultural significance of sport through the lens of Lacanian psychoanalysis, which also serves as an introduction to Lacanian theory through sport.The Subject of Sport shows that, despite its apparent triviality, sport provides a unique arena where the contradictions of the human subject and society are performed and experienced. With a scholar's rigour and a fan's love of the topic, Jack Black explores sport’s irrationality and examines why sport enthralls as much as it disappoints. By drawing upon concepts such as desire, fantasy, jouissance, and the illusion of the Other, Black illuminates the unconscious dynamics that underpin our engagement with sport. Although sport is typically characterized as installing and promoting ideals of fair play, meritocracy, and sportsmanship, Black argues that these ideals function as fantasies that help sustain a number of unethical practices within sport. Readers are encouraged to explore such multifaceted roles in sport's shaping of both the subject and society by challenging traditional disciplinary boundaries and viewing sport as a profound site of cultural expression, ideological conflict and identity formation. Broadening the scope of psychoanalysis and of sport studies, The Subject of Sport reveals how this seemingly trivial activity provides a platform for confronting lack, negotiating desire, and forging a sense of belonging in a world defined by uncertainty and contradiction.
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
200 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
538 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2024
266 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2023
244 kr
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