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028			_a: International Book Distributors _b: Flat No. 17, Prakash Apartment, Building No.-4405/2. _c: 119952 _d: 22/12/2023
082			_a152.4 GRE
100			_aGregg, Melissa.
245			_aThe affect theory reader _c/Melissa Gregg.
260			_a, Durham, NC _b; Duke University Press _c, 2010.
300			_a xi, 402 pages _b : illustrations _c ; 24 cm.
365			_b1876
520			_a"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 studies, and sociology. In essays diverse in subject matter, style, and perspective, the contributors demonstrate how affect theory illuminates the intertwined realms of the aesthetic, the ethical, and the political as they play out across bodies (human and non-human) in both mundane and extraordinary ways. They reveal the broad theoretical possibilities opened by an awareness of affect as they reflect on topics including ethics, food, public morale, glamor, snark in the workplace, and mental health regimes. The Affect Theory Reader includes an interview with the cultural theorist Lawrence Grossberg and an afterword by the anthropologist Kathleen Stewart. In the introduction, the editors suggest ways of defining affect, trace the concept's history, and highlight the role of affect theory in various areas of study."
650			_aCulture
650			_aPsychology
650			_aKultur
650			_aAffect
700			_aMelissa Gregg.
942			_cBOOK
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