Boredom / Elena Carrera.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carrera, Elena, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in histories of emotions and the senses, 2632-1068.

Cambridge elements. Elements in histories of emotions and the senses, 2632-1068

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boredom.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (90 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

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.

Contents:

Introduction; 1. Boredom? What? How?; 2. What Has Been Boring, Tedious and Ennuyeux in the Last 500 Years?; Conclusion; References.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 5, 2023).

ISBN:

9781009412353

1009412353

9781009412391

1009412396

9781009412360

1009412361

Access Restriction:

Open access. Unrestricted online access.