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Ordinary Affects is a singular argument for attention to the affective dimensions of everyday life and the potential that animates the ordinary. Known for her focus on the poetics and politics of language and landscape, the anthropologist Kathleen Stewart ponders how ordinary impacts create the subject as a capacity to affect and be affected. In a series of brief vignettes combining storytelling, close ethnographic detail, and critical analysis, Stewart relates the intensities and banalities of common experiences and strange encounters, halfspied scenes and the lingering resonance of passing events. While most of the instances rendered are from Stewart?s own life, she writes in the third person in order to reflect on how intimate experiences of emotion, the body, other people, and time inextricably link us to the outside world.Stewart refrains from positing an overarching systemwhether it?s called globalization or neoliberalism or capitalismto describe the ways that economic, political, and social forces shape individual lives. Instead, she begins with the disparate, fragmented, and seemingly inconsequential experiences of everyday life to bring attention to the ordinary as an integral site of cultural politics. Ordinary affect, she insists, is registered in its particularities, yet it connects people and creates common experiences that shape public feeling. Through this anecdotal historyone that poetically ponders the extremes of the ordinary and portrays the dense network of social and personal connections that constitute a lifeStewart asserts the necessity of attending to the fleeting and changeable aspects of existence in order to recognize the complex personal and social dynamics of the political world.
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- Q: What is the main theme of 'Ordinary Affects'? A: 'Ordinary Affects' explores the importance of everyday emotional experiences and how they shape individual lives, emphasizing the connection between personal feelings and broader cultural politics.
- Q: Who is the author of 'Ordinary Affects'? A: The author of 'Ordinary Affects' is Kathleen Stewart, an anthropologist known for her work on language and landscape.
- Q: What is the publication date of 'Ordinary Affects'? A: 'Ordinary Affects' was published on September 20, 2007.
- Q: What is the binding type of 'Ordinary Affects'? A: 'Ordinary Affects' is available in paperback binding.
- Q: How many pages are in 'Ordinary Affects'? A: 'Ordinary Affects' has a total of 144 pages.
- Q: What is the condition of the book 'Ordinary Affects'? A: 'Ordinary Affects' is sold in new condition.
- Q: What genre does 'Ordinary Affects' belong to? A: 'Ordinary Affects' falls under the genre of Popular Culture.
- Q: Does 'Ordinary Affects' contain illustrations or graphics? A: 'Ordinary Affects' does not specify the inclusion of illustrations or graphics.
- Q: What type of writing style is used in 'Ordinary Affects'? A: 'Ordinary Affects' features a mix of storytelling, ethnographic detail, and critical analysis, reflecting on personal experiences and emotions.
- Q: Is there a specific audience for 'Ordinary Affects'? A: 'Ordinary Affects' is aimed at readers interested in anthropology, cultural studies, and the emotional dimensions of everyday life.