The Cultural Career of Coolness Discourses and Practices of Affect Control in European Antiquity, the United States, and Japan |
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Editor:
| Haselstein, Ulla Hijiya-Kirschnereit, Irmela Gersdorf, Catrin Giannoulis, Elena |
Contribution by:
| Joel Dinerstein, Joel Frese, Sophia Heise, Jens Kinski, Michael McGuigan, Jim Newmark, Catherine Raz, Aviad E. Roquet, Paul Selden, Daniel |
ISBN: | 978-0-7391-7316-9 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $178.95 |
Book Description:
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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 the United States and Japan, and links them to the rationalization of intimate relations and an incorporation of disaffection in modernity.
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.