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Ugly feelings / Sianne Ngai.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ngai, Sianne.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Emotions in literature.
- Psychological fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Psychological fiction, American.
- Negativism in literature.
- Sex role in literature.
- Race in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 422 p. ) ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Ngai mobilizes the aesthetics of unprestigious negative affects such as irritation, envy, and disgust to investigate not only ideological and representational dilemmas in literature--with a particular focus on those inflected by gender and race--but also blind spots in contemporary literary and cultural criticism. Her work maps a major intersection of literary studies, media and cultural studies, feminist studies, and aesthetic theory.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- acknowledgments
- contents
- introduction
- 1. tone
- 2. animatedness
- 3. envy
- 4. irritation
- 5. anxiety
- 6. stuplimity
- 7. paranoia
- afterword: on disgust
- notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Originally published: 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-405) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674971349
- 0674971345
- 9780674041523
- 0674041526
- OCLC:
- 1013944858
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