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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Ngai, Sianne, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Theory of the Gimmick : Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist Form / Sianne Ngai. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2020] ©2020 1 online resource (384 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Theory of the Gimmick -- Chapter Two. Transparency and Magic in the Gimmick as Technique -- Chapter Three. Readymade Ideas -- Chapter Four. It Follows, or Financial Imps -- Chapter Five. Visceral Abstractions -- Chapter Six. Rødland’s Gimmick -- Chapter Seven. The Color of Value: Stan Douglas’s Suspiria -- Chapter Eight. Henry James’s “Same Secret Principle” -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021) Aesthetics, Modern Philosophy. Aesthetics, Modern 20th century. Aesthetics, Modern 21st century. Capitalism. Hoaxes. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.). PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 9783110690057 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674245365 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674245365 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674245365.jpg |
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