| Awkwardness Contributor(s): Kotsko, Adam (Author) |
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ISBN: 1846943914 ISBN-13: 9781846943911 Publisher: Zero Books OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Philosophy | Social - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 152.4 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.30 lbs) 89 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Awkwardness has been one of the defining traits of the unnamed first decades of our young century dominating comedy on both the big and sall screens. Could this trend point towards something deeper? In this book Adam Kotsko answers this question with a resounding yes. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kotsko, Adam: - Adam Kotsko is Assistant Professor of Humanities at Shimer College, Chicago. He is the author of Zizek and Theology (2008), Politics of Redemption (2010), and Why We Love Sociopaths: A Guide to Late Capitalist Television (2012). He is the translator of Agamben's The Sacrament of Language (2010), The Highest Poverty (2013), Opus Dei (2013), Pilate and Jesus (forthcoming) and The Use of Bodies (forthcoming). He blogs at An und für sich (itself.wordpress.com). |