Cruel optimism

Berlant, Lauren Gail, 1957-

Cruel optimism [electronic resource] / Lauren Berlant. - Durham : Duke University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (viii, 342 p.) : ill. - e-Duke books scholarly collection. .

"John Hope Franklin Center book" Description based on print version record

Includes bibliographical references 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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780822394716 (electronic bk.) 0822394715 (electronic bk.)


Popular culture--United States.
Optimism--United States.
Progress.


United States--Social conditions--1980-


Electronic books.

HN59.2 / .B464 2011