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An exploration of cuteness and its immense hold on us, from emojis and fluffy puppies to its more uncanny, subversive expressions. Cuteness has taken the planet by storm. Global sensations Hello Kitty and Pokémon, the works of artists Takashi Murakami and Jeff Koons, Heidi the cross-eyed opossum an...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: May, Simon
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
2000-2099
Charm.
Childishness.
Aesthetics, Modern > 21st century.
Charme.
Puérilité.
Esthétique > 21e siècle.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > Lifespan Development.
PSYCHOLOGY > General.
PHILOSOPHY > Aesthetics.
Aesthetics, Modern
Charm
Childishness
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Cute as a weapon of mass seduction
  • Spooked in the Garden of Eden
  • Cute as an uncertainty principle
  • Mickey Mouse and the cuteness continuum
  • Kawaii : the new Japanese imperium
  • The cuteness of Kim Jong-il
  • Cute and the uncanny
  • What's wrong with cute anthropomorphism?
  • Cute and the monstrous : the case of Donald Trump
  • Cute and the new cult of the child
  • Survival of the cutest
  • Cute and kitsch : identical twins?
  • Exiting the cult of sincerity
  • "Lifetime is a child at play."

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