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The Affect Theory Reader

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Description for The Affect Theory Reader Paperback. A field-defining collection that consolidates thinking and builds momentum in the burgeoning area of affect studies. Editor(s): Gregg, Melissa; Seigworth, Gregory J. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: JFC; JMQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 582.
This field-defining collection consolidates and builds momentum in the burgeoning area of affect studies. The contributors include many of the central theorists of affect-those visceral forces beneath, alongside, or generally other than conscious knowing that can serve to drive us toward movement, thought, and ever-changing forms of relation. As Lauren Berlant explores cruel optimism, Brian Massumi theorizes the affective logic of public threat, and Elspeth Probyn examines shame, they, along with the other contributors, show how an awareness of affect is opening up exciting new insights in disciplines from anthropology, cultural studies, geography, and psychology to philosophy, queer ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
589g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822347767
SKU
V9780822347767
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99-35

About Gregg
Melissa Gregg works in the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney in Australia. She is the author of Cultural Studies' Affective Voices. Gregory J. Seigworth is a professor in communication and theater at Millersville University in Pennsylvania.

Reviews for The Affect Theory Reader
While a reader of the book might be left less rather than more sure of what precisely constitutes `affect theory', or even affect itself, s/he is nevertheless very likely to be moved by the range of both thought and affective styles that make up the volume and constitute what the editors call in the introduction, an `inventory of shimmers' (p11). ... Read more

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