Stewart, Kathleen
Ordinary Affects
- ISBN 13:
- 9780822341079
- author:
- Stewart, Kathleen
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Duke University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2007
- Pages:
- 144
- Dimensions:
- 15.2 x 1.3 x 22.2 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Society, Politics & Philosophy / Social Science
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Ordinary Affects is a thought-provoking exploration of the everyday experiences that shape our lives. Anthropologist Kathleen Stewart examines how ordinary impacts create the subject as a capacity to affect and be affected. Through a series of vignettes, she combines storytelling, close ethnographic detail, and critical analysis to reveal the intensities and banalities of common experiences. Stewart's approach is unique, focusing on the disparate, fragmented, and seemingly inconsequential aspects of everyday life to highlight the ordinary as an integral site of cultural politics. By attending to the fleeting and changeable aspects of existence, she reveals the complex personal and social dynamics that constitute a life. This book offers a nuanced understanding of the ways in which ordinary affect connects people and creates common experiences that shape public feeling.
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