Overview

The Culture of Boredom is a collection of essays by well-known specialists reflecting from philosophical, literary, and artistic perspectives, in which the reader will learn how different disciplines can throw light on such an appealing, challenging, yet still not fully understood, phenomenon. The goal is to clarify the background of boredom, and to explore its representation through forgotten cross-cutting narratives beyond the typical approaches, i.e. those of psychology or psychiatry. For the first time this experienced group of scholars gathers to promote a cross-border dialogue from a multidisciplinary perspective.

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Author:   Josefa Ros Velasco
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   40
Weight:   0.607kg
ISBN:  

9789004427228

ISBN 10:   9004427228
Pages:   308
Publication Date:   01 May 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Abbreviations Notes on Contributors emsp;Introduction: Humanities Still Have a Say in Boredom Studies emsp;emsp;Josefa Ros Velasco emsp;emsp;Part 1 Boredom and Society 1 Boredom and the Disciplinary Imaginary emsp;emsp;Elizabeth S. Goodstein 2 The Multitude Strikes Back? Boredom in an Age of Semiocapitalism emsp;emsp;Michael E. Gardiner 3 Boredom: a Political Issue emsp;emsp;George Garcia Quesada 4 About Boredom: Hermeneutic Looks and Existential Analysis in Modernity emsp;emsp;Juan Diego Hernandez Albarracin and Carlos Fernando Alvarez Gonzalez 5 Too Much Time: Changing Conceptions of Boredom, Progress, and the Future among Young Men in Urban Ethiopia, 2003-2015 emsp;emsp;Daniel Mains emsp;emsp;Part 2 Boredom and Literature 6 Immersed in Boredom: the Architecture of Brisbane in Johnno emsp;emsp;Christian Rafael Parreno Roldan 7 The Presence of Literature: Georg Buchner's Comedy Leonce und Lena emsp;emsp;Wolfram Malte Fues 8 Upper-Class Female Boredom in Marriage in 19th-Century Western Literature as a Manifestation of Socio-Cultural Pressures emsp;emsp;Josefa Ros Velasco and Nancy Provolt 9 Men Walking into Woods. Boredom, Nihilism, and the Characters of Erlend Loe emsp;emsp;Martin Demant Frederiksen Part 3 Boredom and Creativity 10 The Art of Boring (Oneself) emsp;emsp;Jorge Andres Espinoza Caceres 11 Perfect Boredom: From Disillusion to Creativity emsp;emsp;Sergio Velasco Caballero 12 A Cartography of Boredom: Reading for Affectivity in Contemporary Poetry emsp;emsp;Kristiine Kikas 13 Boredom and Institutional Critique emsp;emsp;Judy Freya Sibayan emsp;Postface Rhymed Reflections on Boredom emsp;emsp;Francisco Cardoso Gomes de Matos Index

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Josefa Ros Velasco is Postdoctoral Fellow at Complutense University of Madrid. She was Teaching Assistant in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University and RCC Postdoctoral Fellow (2017-2019). She holds an International Ph.D. in Philosophy (Excellent Program of Doctorate in Philosophy at Complutense University of Madrid) as a scholar of the Spanish Ministry of Education (with Extraordinary Doctorate Award, 2017).

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