Escape Attempts

From sexual fantasies to holidays this marvellous book charts our escape attempts. In a series of dazzling commentaries the authors reveal the ordinary and extraordinary ways in which we seek to defy `paramount reality'.

The new introduction is a fine piece of work ... the book is even more timely today than it was fifteen years ago when the first edition was published' - Christopher Lasch, author of The Culture of NarcissismEscape Attempts pays homage to the diverse, often ingenious ways in which people everywhere set about constructing fragile architecture round themselves capable of withstanding the dreary pressures not just of `paramount reality' but of sociological theory itself' - Dick Hebdidge, author of Hiding In The Light

Autorentext

Stanley Cohen, Laurie Taylor

Inhalt
Introduction to the Second Edition: Life after Postmodernism; Chapter 1 Open Prison; Chapter 2 The Mental Management of Routine; Chapter 3 The Nightmare of Repetition; Chapter 4 The Inner Theatre of the Mind; Chapter 5 Free Areas, Escape Routes and Identity Sites; Chapter 6 Getting it Together; Chapter 7 Momentary Slips through the Fabric; Chapter 8 Over the Wall; Chapter 9 A Case of Mistaken Identity; Notes and References;