The aesthetics and affects of cuteness by Dale, Joshua Paul, editor; Goggin, Joyce, 1959- editor; Leyda, Julia, editor; McIntyre, Anthony P., editor; Negra, Diane, 1966- editor instant download

The aesthetics and affects of cuteness by Dale, Joshua Paul, editor; Goggin, Joyce, 1959- editor; Leyda, Julia, editor; McIntyre, Anthony P., editor; Negra, Diane, 1966- editor instant download

x, 299 pages : 24 cm, Cuteness is one of the most culturally pervasive aesthetics of the new millennium and its rapid social proliferation suggests that the affective responses it provokes find particular purchase in a contemporary era marked by intensive media saturation and spreading economic precarity. Rejecting superficial assessments that would deem the ever-expanding plethora of cute texts trivial, \"The Aesthetics and Affects of Cuteness\" directs serious scholarly attention from a variety of academic disciplines to this ubiquitous phenomenon. The sheer plasticity of this minor aesthetic is vividly on display in this collection which draws together analyses from around the world examining cuteness's fundamental role in cultural expressions stemming from such diverse sources as military cultures, high-end contemporary art worlds, and animal shelters. Pushing beyond prevailing understandings that associate cuteness solely with childhood or which posit an interpolated parental bond as its primary affective attachment, the essays in this collection variously draw connections between cuteness and the social, political, economic, and technological conditions of the early 21st century and in doing so generate fresh understandings of the central role cuteness plays in the recalibration of contemporary subjectivities, Includes bibliographical references and index, The aesthetics and affects of cuteness / Joshua Paul Dales, Joyce Goggin, Julia Leyda, Anthony P. McIntyre, and Diane Negra -- The appeal of the cute object: desire, domestication, and agency / Joshua Paul Dale -- Cuteness and control in portal / Megan Arkenberg -- \"This Baby Sloth Will Inspire You to Keep Going\": capital, labor, and the affective power of cute animal videos / Allison Page -- \"I'll be Dancin\": American soldiers, cute YouTube performances, and the deploymenht of soft power in the War on Terror / Maria Pramaggiore -- Live cuteness 24/7: performing boredom on animal live streams / Katy…