Berlant, Lauren Gail, 1957-
Cruel optimism [electronic resource] / Lauren Berlant. - Durham : Duke University Press, c2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-326) and index.
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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9780822350972 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780822351115 (pbk. : alk. paper) = Cruel optimism
Popular culture--United States.
Optimism--United States.
Progress.
United States--Social conditions--1980-
HN59.2 / .B464 2011
302.23/4097309045
Cruel optimism [electronic resource] / Lauren Berlant. - Durham : Duke University Press, c2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-326) and index.
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.
License restrictions may limit access.
9780822350972 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780822351115 (pbk. : alk. paper) = Cruel optimism
Popular culture--United States.
Optimism--United States.
Progress.
United States--Social conditions--1980-
HN59.2 / .B464 2011
302.23/4097309045