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Theory of the Gimmick
Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist Form
Sofort lieferbar | Lieferzeit: Sofort lieferbar I
Artikel-Nr:
9780674984547
Veröffentl:
2020
Erscheinungsdatum:
16.06.2020
Seiten:
416
Autor:
Sianne Ngai
Gewicht:
784 g
Format:
244x167x37 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Sianne Ngai is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of English at the University of Chicago. She is the author of Ugly Feelings and Our Aesthetic Categories: Zany, Cute, Interesting, winner of the Modern Language Association¿s James Russell Lowell Prize. Her work has been translated into multiple languages.
Acclaimed critic Sianne Ngai theorizes the gimmick as an aesthetic category reflecting the fundamental laws of capitalism. Gimmicks make promises of saving labor and increasing value that we distrust but also find attractive. Exploring the use of this form, Ngai shows how its aesthetic dissatisfactions reflect deeper anxieties about capitalism.