The cultural career of coolness : discourses and practices of affect control in European antiquity, the United States, and Japan

The cultural career of coolness : discourses and practices of affect control in European antiquity, the United States, and Japan / edited by Ulla Haselstein, Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit, Catrin Gersdorf, and Elena Giannoulis.

Today, coolness is a term most often used in advertising trendy commodities, or, more generally, in promoting urban lifestyles. The Cultural Career of Coolness explores the history of the term as a metaphor for affect control and aesthetic detachment, charts various cultural practices of coolness in...

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Other Authors: Haselstein, Ulla (Editor), Hijiya-Kirschnereit, Irmela (Editor), Gersdorf, Catrin (Editor), Giannoulis, Elena (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013]
Subjects:
Aesthetics > Social aspects.
Attitude (Psychology) > Social aspects.
Emotions > Social aspects.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Aesthetics > Social aspects
Civilization
Emotions > Social aspects
Europe > Civilization.
United States > Civilization.
Japan > Civilization.
Europe
Japan
United States
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