Awkwardness - Couverture souple

Kotsko, Adam

 
9781846943911: Awkwardness
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1846943914 ISBN 13 : 9781846943911
Editeur : Zer0 Books, 2010

Synopsis

Awkwardness has been one of the defining traits of the awkwardly unnamed first decade of our young century, dominating comedy on both the big and small screens. Could this trend point toward something deeper? In Awkwardness, Adam Kotsko answers that question with a resounding yes. Drawing on key insights of cultural theory, he argues that awkwardness is a structuring principle of human experience, something that the particular conditions of our time allow us to see with greater clarity than ever before. In an analysis that begins with the difference between the US and UK versions of Ricky Gervais's The Office, passes through the films of Judd Apatow, and culminates in the apotheosis of awkwardness, Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm, Kotsko looks at the ways we cope with our awkwardness and the unexpected opportunities awkwardness opens up when we stop resisting it and learn to enjoy it.

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À propos de l?auteur

Adam Kotsko holds a PhD from the Chicago Theological Seminary. He is the author of Zizek and Theology and blogs at The Weblog and An und fur sich.

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Éditeur
Zer0 Books
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1846943914
ISBN 13 
9781846943911
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
96
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Personne responsable
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