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The Promise of Happiness /

"The Promise of Happiness is a provocative cultural critique of the imperative to be happy. It asks what follows when we make our desires and even our own happiness conditional on the happiness of others: 'I just want you to be happy', 'I'm happy if you're happy'....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ahmed, Sara, 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: why happiness, why now?
  • Happy objects
  • Feminist killjoys
  • Unhappy queers
  • Melancholic migrants
  • Happy futures
  • Conclusion: happiness, ethics, possibility.