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Cruel optimismLauren Gail Berlant

Cruel optimism

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Lauren Berlant explores individual and collective affective responses to the unraveling of the U.S. and European economies by analzying mass media, literature, television, film, and video.

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3 editions
  • Other · English · 2011
    Duke University Press · 352 pages · 9780822394716
  • Other · English · 2011
    Duke University Press · 9781283293051
  • Other · English · 2011
    Duke University Press · 342 pages · 9780822350972
Social conditionsProgressPopular cultureOptimismPopular culture, united statesUnited states, social conditions, 1980-