Lauren Berlant (1957–2021)

Autor von Cruel Optimism

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Lauren Berlant is George M. Pullman Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, coauthor of The Hundreds, and author of Cruel Optimism, both also published by Duke University Press.

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Cruel Optimism (2011) 332 Exemplare

The Queen of America Goes to Washington City: Essays on Sex and Citizenship (1997) 150 Exemplare

The Female Complaint: The Unfinished Business of Sentimentality in American Culture (2008) 91 Exemplare

Sex, or the Unbearable (2013) 64 Exemplare

The Hundreds (2019) 49 Exemplare

Intimacy (2000) 45 Exemplare

Desire/Love (2012) 34 Exemplare

On the Inconvenience of Other People (Writing Matters!) (2022) 31 Exemplare

Compassion: The Culture and Politics of an Emotion (Essays from the English Institute) (2004) 26 Exemplare

The Anatomy of National Fantasy: Hawthorne, Utopia, and Everyday Life (1991) 23 Exemplare

Our Monica, Ourselves: The Clinton Affair and the National Interest (Sexual Cultures) (2001) 20 Exemplare

Reading Sedgwick (Theory Q) (2019) 8 Exemplare

"'68 or the Revolution of Little Queers" 1 Exemplar

Critical Inquiry (Intimacy, 24:2 Winter) 1 Exemplar

The Affect Theory Reader 1 Exemplar

What does queer theory teach us about X? In PMLA 110 (1) 1 Exemplar

Sex in Public. In Critical Inquiry 24(2) Intimacy 1 Exemplar

Cruel Optimism by Lauren Berlant(1996-01-19) (2011) 1 Exemplar

Compassion: The Culture and Politics of an Emotion (Essays from the English Institute) (2014) 1 Exemplar

El corazón de la nación. Ensayos sobre política y sentimentalismo (Spanish Edition) (2011) 1 Exemplar

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Geburtstag: 1957-10-31
Todestag: 2021-06-28
Geschlecht: female
Nationalität: USA
Geburtsort: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Ausbildung: Oberlin College, BA English, 1979
Cornell University, MA English, 1983
Cornell University, Ph.D. English, 1985
Berufe: professor (English)
George M. Pullman Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago
Organisationen: University of Chicago

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Cruel Optimism von Lauren Berlant

I read this over the summer, but it's probably more of a January thing. When it gets real rough just to do anything at all, this stuff can help.

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Jetztzeit | 1 weitere Rezension | May 15, 2020 |

Cruel Optimism von Lauren Berlant

Definitely thought-provoking, though some of the connections between chapters felt a little disparate? I really enjoyed chapter five, especially the thoughts related to slow death, but was less interested in other things? This just wasn't my greatest cup of tea, which is more about my feelings and less about the book itself. I liked it, I just wasn't thrilled and rarely felt like blown away. A good read nonetheless, and I recommend it to folks who want to engage with affect theory and see how it works/what it might be able to do for them.… (mehr)

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aijmiller | 1 weitere Rezension | May 23, 2018 |