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Ugly Feelings

Sianne Ngai

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ISBN 9780674024090

Publication Date: 03/01/2007

432 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

36 halftones

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LITERARY CRITICISM: American: General

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Introduction
1. Tone
2. Animatedness
3. Envy
4. Irritation
5. Anxiety
6. Stuplimity
7. Paranoia
Afterword: On Disgust
Notes
Index

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