| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 200 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Theory and history in the human and social sciences, 2523-8671 |
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Theory and history in the human and social sciences, 2523-8671
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| Contents |
Foreword; Introduction -- Part I. Innovations in Psychology lecture -- 1. Theorizing Liminality between art and life: The liminal sources of cultural experiences--Paul Stenner; Part II. Commentaries and extensions -- 2. From liminalities to limbo: thinking through semiotic elaboration -- 3. On/At the Edges of Liminality: Analytic extensions -- 4. Moral Holidays: The cases of expatriates and nightlife tourists -- 5. On the Way: Pilgrimage and liminal experience--Zachary Beckstead -- 6. Liminality in play: The role of materiality and patterns -- 7. Maintenance Art: Paul Stenner's liminality and the case of older caregiving spouses -- 8. Art therapy as a liminal, playful space: Patient experiences during a cancer rehabilitation program--Roessler, Hvidt, laCour, Mau, Graven & Assing Hvidt -- 9. "I must have contracted swine flu, bird flu or Ebola." : How patients and general practitioners negotiate liminality during consultation -- Part III. Concluding response -- 10. A feast of liminal experiences and expression |
| Summary |
Liminality has become a key concept within the social sciences, with a growing number of publications devoted to it in recent years. The concept is needed to address those aspects of human experience and social life that fall outside of ordered structures. In contrast to the clearly defined roles and routines that define so much of industrial work and economic life, it highlights spaces of transition, indefiniteness, ambiguity, play and creativity. Thus, it is an indispensable concept and a necessary counterweight to the overemphasis on structural influences on human behavior. This book aims to use the concept of liminality to develop a culturally and experientially sensitive psychology. This is accomplished by first setting out an original theoretical framework focused on understanding the 'liminal sources of cultural experience, ' and second an application of concept to a number of different domains, such as tourism, pilgrimage, aesthetics, children's play, art therapy, and medical diagnosis. Finally, all these domains are then brought together in a concluding commentary chapter that puts them in relation to an overarching theoretical framework. This book will be useful for graduate students and researchers in cultural psychology, critical psychology, psychosocial psychology, developmental psychology, health psychology, anthropology and the social sciences, cultural studies among others |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 29, 2021) |
| Subject |
Liminality.
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Liminality
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wagoner, Brady, 1980- editor
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Zittoun, Tania, editor
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| ISBN |
9783030831714 |
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303083171X |
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