Theory of the Gimmick : : Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist Form / / Sianne Ngai.
Acclaimed critic Sianne Ngai theorizes the gimmick as an aesthetic category reflecting the fundamental laws of capitalism. Gimmicks make promises of saving labor and increasing value that we distrust but also find attractive. Exploring the use of this form, Ngai shows how its aesthetic dissatisfacti...
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t Contents -- |t Introduction -- |t Chapter One. Theory of the Gimmick -- |t Chapter Two. Transparency and Magic in the Gimmick as Technique -- |t Chapter Three. Readymade Ideas -- |t Chapter Four. It Follows, or Financial Imps -- |t Chapter Five. Visceral Abstractions -- |t Chapter Six. Rødland’s Gimmick -- |t Chapter Seven. The Color of Value: Stan Douglas’s Suspiria -- |t Chapter Eight. Henry James’s “Same Secret Principle” -- |t Notes -- |t Acknowledgments -- |t Index |
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| 520 | |a Acclaimed critic Sianne Ngai theorizes the gimmick as an aesthetic category reflecting the fundamental laws of capitalism. Gimmicks make promises of saving labor and increasing value that we distrust but also find attractive. Exploring the use of this form, Ngai shows how its aesthetic dissatisfactions reflect deeper anxieties about capitalism. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Aesthetics, Modern |x Philosophy. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Capitalism. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Hoaxes. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.). | |
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