Therapy and Emotions in Film and Television The Pulse of Our Times

Therapy and Emotions in Film and Television explores, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the shifts in our emotional preferences, styles, and 'emotional regimes' in western societies from the 1920s to today, as viewed through the lens of film and tele

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Also by Claudia Wassman: Die Macht der Emotionen: Wie Gefühle unser Denken und Handeln beeinflussen The Brain as Icon – Reflections on the Representation of Brain Imaging on American Television, 1984–2002. In R. Heil, A. Kaminski, M. Stippak, & A. Unger (Eds.), Tensions and Convergences: Technological and Aesthetic Transformations of Societyy (pp. 153–162) Evaluating Threat, Solving Mazes, and Having the Blues. In J. A. Fisher (Ed.), Gender and the Science of Difference: Cultural Politics of Contemporary Science and Medicine (pp. 67–87)

Therapy and Emotions in Film and Television The Pulse of Our Times Edited by

Claudia Wassmann Universidad de Navarra, Spain

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ISBN 978-1-349-57889-4 ISBN 978-1-137-54682-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137546821 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Therapy and emotions in film and television : the pulse of our times / [edited by] Claudia Wassmann, Universidad de Navarra, Spain. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Psychoanalysis and motion pictures. 2. Motion pictures – Psychological aspects. 3. Television programs – Psychological aspects. 4. Emotions in motion pictures. 5. Emotions on television. I. Wassmann, Claudia, 1959– editor. PN1995.9.P783T63 2015 791.430199—dc23

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Contents List of Illustrations

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Acknowledgments

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Notes on Contributors