000			01615cam a22003254a 4500
006			m d
007			cr n
008			110523s2011 ncua sb 001 0 eng d
020			_a9780822350972 (cloth : alk. paper)
020			_a9780822351115 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035			_a(WaSeSS)ssj0000535578
043			_an-us---
050		4	_aHN59.2 _b.B464 2011
082	0	0	_a302.23/4097309045 _223
100	1		_aBerlant, Lauren Gail, _d1957- _96519
210	1	0	_aCruel optimism
245	1	0	_aCruel optimism _h[electronic resource] / _cLauren Berlant.
260			_aDurham : _bDuke University Press, _cc2011.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-326) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction. 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.
506			_aLicense restrictions may limit access.
650		0	_aPopular culture _zUnited States. _916086
650		0	_aOptimism _zUnited States. _916979
650		0	_aProgress. _96648
651		0	_aUnited States _xSocial conditions _y1980- _916980
773		0	_te-Duke Books Scholarly Collection 2011
856	4	0	_uhttp://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio10671499 _zFull text available from e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection 2011
910			_aLibrary of Congress record
942			_2ddc _cNFIC _n0
999			_c8668 _d8668