The cultural career of coolness : discourses and practices of affect control in European antiquity, the United States, and Japan /

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Today, coolness is a term most often used in advertising trendy commodities, or, more generally, in promoting urban lifestyles. The Cultural Career of Coolness explores the history of the term as a metaphor for affect control and aesthetic detachment, charts various cultural practices of coolness in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Haselstein, Ulla (Editor ), Hijiya-Kirschnereit, Irmela (Editor ), Gersdorf, Catrin (Editor ), Giannoulis, Elena (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013]
Temas:
Aesthetics > Social aspects.
Attitude (Psychology) > Social aspects.
Emotions > Social aspects.
Attitude (Psychologie) > Aspect social.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Aesthetics > Social aspects
Civilization
Emotions > Social aspects
Europe > Civilization.
United States > Civilization.
Japan > Civilization.
Europe > Civilisation.
États-Unis > Civilisation.
Japon > Civilisation.
Europe
Japan
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Today, coolness is a term most often used in advertising trendy commodities, or, more generally, in promoting urban lifestyles. The Cultural Career of Coolness explores the history of the term as a metaphor for affect control and aesthetic detachment, charts various cultural practices of coolness in the United States and Japan, and links them to the rationalization of intimate relations and an incorporation of disaffection in modernity.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780739173176
0739173170

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