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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455127303321

Autore

Ngai Sianne

Titolo

Ugly feelings [[electronic resource] /] / Sianne Ngai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-674-04152-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 422 p. ) : ill

Disciplina

810.9353

Soggetti

American literature - History and criticism

Emotions in literature

Psychological fiction, American - History and criticism

Negativism in literature

Sex role in literature

Race in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-405) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- acknowledgments -- contents -- introduction -- 1. tone -- 2. animatedness -- 3. envy -- 4. irritation -- 5. anxiety -- 6. stuplimity -- 7. paranoia -- afterword: on disgust -- notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ngai mobilizes the aesthetics of unprestigious negative affects such as irritation, envy, and disgust to investigate not only ideological and representational dilemmas in literature--with a particular focus on those inflected by gender and race--but also blind spots in contemporary literary and cultural criticism. Her work maps a major intersection of literary studies, media and cultural studies, feminist studies, and aesthetic theory.