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title: "Sianne Ngai Theory of the Gimmick"
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# Sianne Ngai Theory of the Gimmick

EAN 9780674278745 · Mærke: Sianne Ngai · Kategori: Medier > Bøger

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## Priser
- **Billigste pris nu:** 209 kr hos Saxo DK
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## Forhandlere
| Forhandler | Pris | Levering |
|---|---|---|
| Saxo DK | 209 kr | — |

## Om produktet
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> Christian Gauss Award Shortlist Winner of the ASAP Book Prize A Literary Hub Book of the Year “Makes the case that the gimmick…is of tremendous critical value…Lies somewhere between critical theory and Sontag’s best work.” — Los Angeles Review of Books “Ngai exposes capitalism’s tricks in her mind-blowing study of the time- and labor-saving devices we call gimmicks.” — New Statesman “One of the most creative humanities scholars working today…My god, it’s so good.” — Literary Hub “Ngai is a keen analyst of overlooked or denigrated categories in art and life…Highly original.” — 4Columns “It is undeniable that part of what makes Ngai’s analyses of aesthetic categories so appealing…is simply her capacity to speak about them brilliantly.” — Bookforum “A page turner.” — American Literary History Deeply objectionable and yet strangely attractive, the gimmick comes in many guises: a musical hook, a financial strategy, a striptease, a novel of ideas. Above all, acclaimed theorist Sianne Ngai argues, the gimmick strikes us both as working too little (a labor-saving trick) and working too hard (a strained effort to get our attention). When we call something a gimmick, we register misgivings that suggest broader anxieties about value, money, and time, making the gimmick a hallmark of capitalism. With wit and critical precision, Ngai explores the extravagantly impoverished gimmick across a range of examples: the fiction of Thomas Mann, Helen DeWitt, and Henry James; the video art of Stan Douglas; the theoretical writings of Stanley Cavell and Theodor Adorno. Despite its status as cheap and compromised, the gimmick emerges as a surprisingly powerful tool in this formidable contribution to aesthetic theory.

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