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| Format : | Livre |
|---|---|
| Tous les auteurs / collaborateurs : |
Sianne Ngai |
| ISBN : | 9780674046580 0674046587 |
| Numéro OCLC : | 781278951 |
| Description : | 333 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contenu : | The cuteness of the avant-garde -- Merely interesting -- The zany science. |
| Responsabilité : | Sianne Ngai. |
Résumé :
Critiques
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Ngai argues that three aesthetic categories usually considered of minor importance are crucial to understanding contemporary culture. The categories in question, the zany, the cute, and the interesting, "are best suited for grasping how aesthetic experience has been transformed by the hypercommodified, information-saturated, performance-driven conditions of late capitalism." In defense of this thesis, Ngai deploys a formidable grasp of the aesthetic theories of Schlegel, Nietzsche, Adorno, and Cavell, among many others. Her knowledge of more recent pop culture is equally wide ranging: readers will especially find illuminating her discussion of the zany Lucille Ball. Ngai aims to show how production, circulation, and consumption in contemporary capitalism are mirrored in the cultural world. She argues that the importance of the three marginal categories requires a revision of classical aesthetics. We need not abandon the beautiful and the sublime, but we need to give attention as well to what best enables us to understand today's culture, thus lessening the gap between aesthetic theory and practice...Highly recommended for an academic audience interested in cultural and aesthetic theory. -- David Gordon Library Journal 20120901 Lire la suite...
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