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Enjoying It – Candy Crush and Capitalism
Alfie Bown
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Description for Enjoying It – Candy Crush and Capitalism
Paperback. This book is a study of enjoyment and of the enjoyment of studying. It asks what enjoyment says about us and what we say about enjoyment, and why. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 106.
Using a range of 'case studies' from Critical Theory to Candy Crush, 'Gangnam Style' to Game of Thrones and Football Manager to Hieronymus Bosch, this book argues that we need to rethink our enjoyment. Inspired by psychoanalysis, the book offers a new way of thinking about how we talk about what we enjoy and how we enjoy what we talk about.
Using a range of 'case studies' from Critical Theory to Candy Crush, 'Gangnam Style' to Game of Thrones and Football Manager to Hieronymus Bosch, this book argues that we need to rethink our enjoyment. Inspired by psychoanalysis, the book offers a new way of thinking about how we talk about what we enjoy and how we enjoy what we talk about.
Product Details
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785351556
SKU
V9781785351556
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Alfie Bown
Alfie Bown is editor of Everyday Analysis, a blog and book series with Zer0 Books available at everydayanalysis.com. He teaches English Literature at The University of Manchester, and writes on critical theory and comedy. He has written for several nonacademic publications as well, including The Guardian.
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