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Finding Truth in Fiction

What Fan Culture Gets Right--and Why it's Good to Get Lost in a Story

By: Karen E. Dill-Shackleford,Cynthia Vinney

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Finding Truth in Fiction

What Fan Culture Gets Right--and Why it's Good to Get Lost in a Story

By: Karen E. Dill-Shackleford,Cynthia Vinney

In Finding Truth in Fiction, two media psychologists reveal that there's much more to our desire to seek out stories in film, TV, and books than simple diversion - fiction can help us find truth in our real lives. Whether you consider yourself a fan of popular media or whether you find yourself thinking of a particular fictional scene for inspiration, you are not alone. Though some assume that interest in a fictional world is a sign of psychological trouble, the authors enthusiastically disagree. Because story worlds are simulations of our social world, we use them to make sense of our experiences and even decide what kind of people we want to be. This makes fiction far from trivial. By exploring our relationship with fictional stories and characters, the authors will examine how we create mental models in our minds so we can understand stories and characters and how we differentiate between the identities of characters and the actors who play them. What story arcs, such as the hero's journey, are we drawn to again and again? How do the moments that strike us as important in a story change as we age and move through different stages in our life? Delving into these questions and many more, the authors conclude that being a fan is not just healthy, it's human.

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Oxford University Press

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0190643617

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9780190643614

Mad Men Unzipped

Fans on Sex, Love, and the Sixties on TV

By: Karen E. Dill-Shackleford,Cynthia Vinney,Jerri Lynn Hogg,Kristin Hopper-Losenicky

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Mad Men Unzipped

Fans on Sex, Love, and the Sixties on TV

By: Karen E. Dill-Shackleford,Cynthia Vinney,Jerri Lynn Hogg,Kristin Hopper-Losenicky

This is the story of the Mad Men fan phenomenon: how the show and its fans distinguished themselves in a market where it’s hard to make an impression, not unlike the driven ad execs at the center of the show. In this book, four media psychologists who also just happen to be dedicated Mad Men fans explore how the show’s viewers make meaning from fictional drama. The authors also interviewed several contemporary advertising industry professionals, getting their inside view of the business in its modern guise and what they make of the show’s vision of their past. The result is cutting-edge psychological research that crunches and codes online fan commentary to understand the ways that people use the show to debate complex social issues, from sex and alcohol to gender roles, parenting, and advertising itself. What do the 1960s mean to us today, and how well does the twenty-first century measure up against that famously turbulent decade? Which characters do fans identify with—and which ones do they love to hate? How would fans unfurl the Mad Men storylines if they were in charge? What makes a good man, and has it changed over time? How should husbands and wives treat each other, and how should parents treat their children? In answering these questions, the authors explore not just the online commentary but also Mad Men fans’ fan fiction, cosplay, cocktail making, and vintage furniture collecting. Whether tweeting as one of the main characters (or just a lowly mail clerk), setting Peggy up with the man who’ll treat her right, or figuring out just which “Mad Man” they are at heart, fans integrate the show into their lives and use it to make sense of their own choices in work, leisure, and love.

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University of Iowa Press

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1609383788

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Woman's Place

Options and Limits in Professional Careers

By: Cynthia F. Epstein

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Woman's Place

Options and Limits in Professional Careers

By: Cynthia F. Epstein

Why does it happen that, no matter what sphere of work women are hired for or select, like sediment in a wine bottle they settle to the bottom? Why do the best women--those in whom society has invested most heavily--underperform, underachieve, and underproduce? Why this is so and how it occurs in the focus of this book. The sociologist's special tools of analysis are used to identify the social factors that assign women to their place and keep them there. While most of Epstein's data are drawn from the professions--law, medicine, science, engineering, and university teaching--her analysis touches at many points the problems of poor women, who constitute the major part of the female work force. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1970.

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0520311949

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Woman's Place

Options and Limits in Professional Careers

By: Cynthia Fuchs Epstein

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Woman's Place

Options and Limits in Professional Careers

By: Cynthia Fuchs Epstein

USA. Study examining the failure of women in social participation and the social factors which provoke discrimination against the woman worker and especially the professional worker - analyses the traditional role and social status of women in the family life, educational levels, employment opportunities, possibilities, etc. Bibliography pp. 205 to 213, references and statistical tables.

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0520015819

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Finding Truth in Fiction

What Fan Culture Gets Right - and why It's Good to Get Lost in a Story

By: Karen Dill-Shackleford,Cynthia Vinney

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Finding Truth in Fiction

What Fan Culture Gets Right - and why It's Good to Get Lost in a Story

By: Karen Dill-Shackleford,Cynthia Vinney

In Finding Truth in Fiction, two media psychologists reveal that there's much more to our desire to seek out stories in film, TV, and books than simple diversion--fiction can help us find truth in our real lives. By exploring our relationship with fictional stories and characters, the authors will examine the influence of fiction on our identities, the paradox of trying to separate actors from the roles they play, and the types of stories we are drawn to over and over.

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0190643609

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Mad Men Unzipped

Fans on Sex, Love, and the Sixties on TV

By: Karen E. Dill-Shackleford,Cynthia Vinney,Jerri Lynn Hogg,Kristin Hopper-Losenicky

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Fans on Sex, Love, and the Sixties on TV

By: Karen E. Dill-Shackleford,Cynthia Vinney,Jerri Lynn Hogg,Kristin Hopper-Losenicky

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