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Ugly Feelings

Paperback • 2007 • English

Ugly Feelings

By Sianne Ngai

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About the book

Envy, irritation, paranoia―in contrast to powerful and dynamic negative emotions like anger, these non-cathartic states of feeling are associated with situations in which action is blocked or suspended. In her examination of the cultural forms to which these affects give rise, Sianne Ngai suggests that these minor and more politically ambiguous feelings become all the more suited for diagnosing the character of late modernity. Along with her inquiry into the aesthetics of unprestigious negative...Show more

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ISBN

9780674024090

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

Ugly Feelings

Format

Paperback

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