Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The Power Of CuteISBN13:9780691181813ISBN10:0691181810Author:May, Simon (Author)Description:An Exploration Of Cuteness And Its Immense Hold On Us, From Emojis And Fluffy Puppies To Its More Uncanny, Subversive Expressionscuteness Has Taken The Planet By Storm Global Sensations Hello Kitty And Pok Mon, The Works Of Artists Takashi Murakami And Jeff Koons, Heidi The Cross-Eyed Opossum And E T --All Reflect Its Gathering Power But What Does Cute Mean, As A Sensibility And Style? Why Is It So Pervasive? Is It All Infantile Fluff, Or Is There Something More Uncanny And Even Menacing Going On--In A Lighthearted Way? In The Power Of Cute, Simon May Provides Nuanced And Surprising Answers We Usually See The Cute As Merely Diminutive, Harmless, And Helpless May Challenges This Prevailing Perspective, Investigating Everything From Mickey Mouse To Kim Jong-Il To Argue That Cuteness Is Not Restricted To Such Sweet Qualities But Also Beguiles Us By Transforming Or Distorting Them Into Something Of Playfully Indeterminate Power, Gender, Age, Morality, And Even Species May Grapples With Cuteness's Dark And Unpindownable Side--Unnerving, Artful, Knowing, Apprehensive--Elements That Have Fascinated Since Ancient Times Through Mythical Figures, Especially Hybrids Like The Hermaphrodite And The Sphinx He Argues That Cuteness Is An Addictive Antidote To Today's Pressured Expectations Of Knowing Our Purpose, Being In Charge, And Appearing Predictable, Transparent, And Sincere Instead, It Frivolously Expresses The Uncertainty That These Norms Deny: The Ineliminable Uncertainty Of Who We Are; Of How Much We Can Control And Know; Of Who, In Our Relations With Others, Really Has Power; Indeed, Of The Very Value And Purpose Of Power The Power Of Cute Delves Into A Phenomenon That Speaks With Strange Force To Our Age Binding:Hardcover, HardcoverPublisher:PRINCETON UNIV PRPublication Date:2019-03-19Weight:0.7 lbsDimensions:1.1'' H x 6.9'' L x 4.8'' WNumber of Pages:256Language:English
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Book Title: Power of Cute
Item Length: 7.1in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 4.8in
Author: Simon May
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Social, Personality, Aesthetics, Good & Evil
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2019
Genre: Psychology, Philosophy
Item Weight: 11.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
