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Cruel optimism / Lauren Berlant.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780822350972 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780822351115 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: viii, 342 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: Durham : Duke University Press, c2011.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-326) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction. affect in the present -- Cruel optimism -- Intuitionists: history and the affective event -- Slow death (obesity, sovereignty, lateral agency) -- Two girls, fat and thin -- Nearly utopian, nearly normal: post-Fordist affect in La Promesse and Rosetta -- After the good life, an impasse: time out, human resources, and the precarious present -- On the desire for the political.
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Carr University of Art + Design | HN59.2 .B464 2011 (Text) | 30233777 | Book | Volume hold | Available | - |