We are delighted to announce the publication of the inaugural special edition of the journal, Free Associations: Psychoanalysis and Culture, Media, Groups, Politics (ISSN: 2047-0622).

 

This special edition arises from the Media and the Inner World research network and contains articles on the theme of ‘Therapy Culture/Culture as Therapy’. The full table of contents can be found below, together with a link to the journal itself.

 

As many of you will know, Free Associations was published in hard copy and online for many years by Prof. Robert Maxwell Young. In its new format, FA is published as a fully refereed, peer-reviewed online journal at www.freeassociations.org.uk.  In its new format, Free Associations aims to provide space for the exploration of psychoanalysis and its relation to culture and the media, broadly defined. It embraces all psychoanalytic approaches ranging from the clinical to theoretical and scholarly applications. We welcome contributions from a range of academic disciplines including, for example, cultural studies, film studies, media studies, literature, drama, art, history, studies of identity, critical theory, anthropology, feminism, philosophy, psychosocial studies and social sciences as well as all subjects that include a psychoanalytic (or psychodynamic) dimension. All submissions – whether original articles, reviews of books, cultural events/phenomena or media, letters to the editor, conference reports etc – should address matters related to psychoanalysis and its application in the clinical, media and/or cultural spheres. To submit an article or review, please enrol as a user of the journal and use the online system to upload your work.

 

Free Associations is published three times a year.

This special edition comprises of a selection of articles arising from the Arts and Humanities Research Council 'Media and the Inner World' research network. It is edited by Candida Yates and Caroline Bainbridge, who are Directors of the network. The articles in this edition draw on the theme of the network's opening symposium and include contributions from psychotherapists, academics and media professionals. For further information about the network, see www.miwnet.org. 

Table of Contents

Editorial

Editorial: Therapy Culture/Culture as Therapy: Psycho-Cultural Studies of Media and the Inner World	PDF
Caroline Bainbridge, Candida Yates	i-v

Articles

My Media and My Inner World	PDF
Robert Maxwell Young	1-17

 

Media as drivers of the therapeutic trend?	PDF
Barry Richards, Joanne Brown	18-30

 

From ‘The Freud Squad’ to ‘The Good Freud Guide’: A Genealogy of Media Images of Psychoanalysis and reflections on their role in the public imagination	PDF
Caroline Bainbridge	31-58

 

Charismatic Therapy Culture and the Seductions of Emotional Well-Being	PDF
Candida Yates	59-84

 

Coping with a Crisis of Meaning: Televised Paranoia	PDF
Hugh Ortega Breton	85-110

 

Something to do with a Girl Named Marla Singer: Capitalism, Narcissism, and Therapeutic Discourse in David Fincher’s Fight Club	PDF
Lynne Layton	111-134

 

The Affect of Looking Backward: An analysis of the emotional labour of advertising in times of recession.	PDF
Helen Powell	135-150

 

Personal experience, turned outward	PDF
Susan Greenberg	151-174

 

Therapy Culture and The Transitional Environment of Media and the Inner World	PDF
Carol Leader	175-187

Reviews

Book Review: Mobile Lives by Anthony Elliott and John Urry	PDF
Joanne Whitehouse Hart	188-192

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caroline Bainbridge
Reader in Visual Culture
University of Roehampton | London | SW15 5SL
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 8392 3506 |

 

Editor, Free Associations journal

http://www.freeassociations.org.uk

Director, Media and the Inner World AHRC Research Network

www.miwnet.org

 

 

 

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