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
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