The Microeconomic Mode Political Subjectivity in Contemporary Popular Aesthetics |
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| Author:
| Elliott, Jane |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-17475-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2021 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $42.95 |
Book Description:
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Literature, film, and television have become obsessed with the intersection of survival and choice. Jane Elliott analyzes this new and distinctive aesthetic phenomenon, which she calls the microeconomic mode, through close readings that show how an aesthetics of choice has reshaped contemporary understanding of what it means to be human.
Literature, film, and television have become obsessed with the intersection of survival and choice. Jane Elliott analyzes this new and distinctive aesthetic phenomenon, which she calls the microeconomic mode, through close readings that show how an aesthetics of choice has reshaped contemporary understanding of what it means to be human.