Our aesthetic categories : zany, cute, interesting / Sianne Ngai.
Our aesthetic categories : zany, cute, interesting / Sianne Ngai.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Date
2012.
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G 2013/1682
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Language
English
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Physical content
333 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
The cuteness of the avant-garde -- Merely interesting -- The zany science.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2012.
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Summary
"The zany, the cute, and the interesting saturate postmodern culture. They dominate the look of its art and commodities as well as our discourse about the ambivalent feelings these objects often inspire. In this radiant study, Sianne Ngai offers a theory of the aesthetic categories that most people use to process the hypercommodified, mass-mediated...
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Our aesthetic categories : zany, cute, interesting / Sianne Ngai.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2013/1682
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74Vvl4DKKV3g
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvl4DKKV3g
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ISBN
0674046587 (alk. paper)
9780674046580 (alk. paper)
DDC
111/.85
MMS ID
991017510629702626
