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Cruel Optimism by Lauren Berlant

Cruel Optimism Lauren Berlant ebook
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
ISBN: 9780822351115
Format: pdf
Page: 352

Durham: Duke University Press, 2011. But the concept is readily applicable to larger groups of people as in her analysis of slow death. THE QUEER ART OF FAILURE, by Judith Halberstam. Samantha Pinto, Georgetown University. Jun 14, 2013 - But even we lovers of happily-ever-aftering need, I think, to entertain the notion that a certain “cruel optimism,” in Lauren Berlant's terms, also inflects the genre. Oct 2, 2010 - In “Cruel Optimism,” Berlant examines cases of individual person's cruel attachment. Jul 1, 2013 - June's Cruel Optimism Click above for June 2013 playlist. Feb 27, 2012 - Lauren Berlant's latest book, Cruel Optimism, is less brutal analysis than a dark, lush still-life of American fantasies and our Quixotic lunges toward them. Apr 24, 2014 - A relation of cruel optimism exists when something you desire is actually an obstacle to your flourishing. 12 hours ago - Newfoundland and Labrador is on the low road to a difficult future. Jun 12, 2013 - Wednesday, 12 June 2013 at 14:26. Jan 13, 2013 - I have been struggling to find a language to describe what I experienced as the familiar violence of a field I desire and claim, to name that stubborn attachment Lauren Berlant describes as “cruel optimism” (Berlant 2011). CRUEL OPTIMISM, by Lauren Berlant. Jul 25, 2013 - She is the author of Cruel Optimism, which examines the affective and aesthetic implications of the recent disintegration of the promise of the “good life” in the United States and Europe. Jul 11, 2012 - To borrow a phrase from literary theorist Lauren Berlant, our relation to technology today might be described as one of “cruel optimism.”4 For Berlant, cruel optimism characterizes contemporary American culture. Central themes include positive affect as 'health asset' and potent form of personal capital – in other words, positive affect as a substitute for income and security: 'cruel optimism' indeed. An affective portrait of the 99%. Feb 18, 2014 - Wednesday 5th March, 4.15-5.30, MC0024 Dr Ruth Charnock “I want what everyone wants”: cruel optimism in HBO's Girls.