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Television and Youth Culture

Televised Paranoia

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Introduction: Youth Living in Paranoiac Times

  3. Theoretical Considerations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
    2. Madness and Paranoia

      • jan jagodzinski
      Pages 17-28
  4. Self-RefleXive Narcissism and Alienation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
    2. Dawson’s Creek: The Postlude

      • jan jagodzinski
      Pages 61-73
    3. And the Geeks Freaks Will Inherit the Earth

      • jan jagodzinski
      Pages 91-109
  5. Real Paranoia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
  6. Televised Paranoiac Spaces

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
    2. Afterword—A Self-RefleXive Moment

      • jan jagodzinski
      Pages 197-199
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 201-243

About this book

This book explores youth in postmodern society through a Lacanian lens. Jagodzinski explores the generalized paranoia that pervades the landscape of television. Instead of dismissing paranoia as a negative development, he claims that youth today labour within the context of paranoia to find their identities.

Keywords

  • culture
  • development
  • Narcissism
  • society
  • youth

Reviews

"This book offers an intellectual explication of each of thsee particular shows through a lens of individual self-perception as well as cultural identity that speaks to not just psychoanalysis, but sociology, education, and even media studies. In doing so, Jagodzinski provides, in a density that echoes Lacan's style, a sharp explanation of post-Freudian thinking." - P.L. Yoder, Choice

About the author

JAN JAGODZINSKI is Professor in the Department of Secondary Education, University of Alberta, Canada.

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eBook USD 29.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • ISBN: 978-0-230-61723-0
  • Instant PDF download
  • Readable on all devices
  • Own it forever
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  • Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout
Softcover Book USD 40.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
Hardcover Book USD 115.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)