Little Madnesses
Winnicott, Transitional Phenomena & Cultural Experience
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-78076-160-2 (ISBN)
Description
'Little madnesses' are our most deeply felt enthusiasms, investments and attachments in the sphere of culture. The term was coined by the child psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott, whose work on transitional phenomena grew out of his naming of the transitional object, and extended into preliminary explorations of the crucial role played by cultural experience in a life that feels satisfying. Here, in original chapters, writers, artists, scholars develop and revitalize cultural theory by exploring the idea of transitional phenomena and its potential to extend and deepen our understanding of cultural experience in mental and social life. Exploring cult films, computer use, installation art, trips to the cinema, museums and galleries, and the agony and ecstasy of making art, they focus on the importance of space, place, and boundaries in cultural experience; on how we can negotiate the use of media, as well as cultural identity; and consider the aesthetic and creative aspects of cultural experience.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
20 bw integrated illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78076-160-2 (9781780761602)
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Person
Annette Kuhn is Senior Professorial Fellow in Film Studies at Queen Mary University of London, a longstanding co-editor of the journal Screen, and a Fellow of the British Academy. Her books include Family Secrets: Acts of Memory and Imagination (1995 and 2002); An Everyday Magic: Cinema and Cultural Memory (I.B.Tauris, 2002); Ratcatcher (2008); and (with Guy Westwell) The Oxford Dictionary of Film Studies (2012).
Content
Foreword by Lesley Caldwell; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Little Madnesses: An Introduction Annette Kuhn; Part 1: Spaces and Frames; 2. Spaces and Frames: An Introduction Annette Kuhn; 3. The Location of Virtual Experience Victor Burgin; 4. The Playing Spectator Phyllis Creme; 5. Home is Where We Start From Annette Kuhn; 6. Soundspace Amal Treacher Kabesh; Part 2: Media Users; 7. Media Users: An Introduction Matt Hills; 8. Pleasure and Adult Development C. Lee Harrington and Denise D. Bielby; 9. Recoded Transitional Objects & Fan Re-readings of Puzzle Films Matt Hills; 10. The Reality of the Experience of Fiction Serge Tisseron; 11. On the Use of a Film: Cultural Experiences as Symbolic Resources Tania Zittou; Part 3: Cultural Experience and Creativity; 12. Cultural Experience and Creativity: An Introduction Patricia Townsend; 13. Cultural Experience and the Gallery Film Annette Kuhn; 14. Making Space Patricia Townsend; 15. The Little Madnesses of Museums Myna Trustram; 16. Found Objects and Mirroring Forms Ken Wright; Contributors; Select Bibliography; Index.