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Escape Attempts: The Theory and Practice of Resistance in Everyday Life
Escape Attempts The Theory and Practice of Resistance in Everyday Life Author:Stanley Cohen, Laurie Taylor Escape Attempts chronicles the multitude of ways we attempt to escape from the dullness of our daily routine. Through such diverse venues as hobbies, vacations, psychotherapy, art, music, games, fantasy, romantic love, sex, gambling, and mass culture, we persuade ourselves and others that we are truly individuals, capable of creating distance be... more »tween ourselves and the world. Escape Attempts not only addresses the precariousness of these activities, but also celebrates the human struggle to rise above one's social destiny.« less