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Theory of the Gimmick

Author : Sianne Ngai
Publisher : Belknap Press
ISBN 13 : 0674984544
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book Theory of the Gimmick written by Sianne Ngai and published by Belknap Press. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christian Gauss Award Shortlist Winner of the ASAP Book Prize A Literary Hub Book of the Year “Makes the case that the gimmick...is of tremendous critical value...Lies somewhere between critical theory and Sontag’s best work.” —Los Angeles Review of Books “Ngai exposes capitalism’s tricks in her mind-blowing study of the time- and labor-saving devices we call gimmicks.” —New Statesman “One of the most creative humanities scholars working today...My god, it’s so good.” —Literary Hub “Ngai is a keen analyst of overlooked or denigrated categories in art and life...Highly original.” —4Columns “It is undeniable that part of what makes Ngai’s analyses of aesthetic categories so appealing...is simply her capacity to speak about them brilliantly.” —Bookforum “A page turner.” —American Literary History Deeply objectionable and yet strangely attractive, the gimmick comes in many guises: a musical hook, a financial strategy, a striptease, a novel of ideas. Above all, acclaimed theorist Sianne Ngai argues, the gimmick strikes us both as working too little (a labor-saving trick) and working too hard (a strained effort to get our attention). When we call something a gimmick, we register misgivings that suggest broader anxieties about value, money, and time, making the gimmick a hallmark of capitalism. With wit and critical precision, Ngai explores the extravagantly impoverished gimmick across a range of examples: the fiction of Thomas Mann, Helen DeWitt, and Henry James; the video art of Stan Douglas; the theoretical writings of Stanley Cavell and Theodor Adorno. Despite its status as cheap and compromised, the gimmick emerges as a surprisingly powerful tool in this formidable contribution to aesthetic theory.

The Gimmick

Author : Dael Orlandersmith
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN 13 : 082221881X
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book The Gimmick written by Dael Orlandersmith and published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. This book was released on 2003 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monster -- A violent family history passes from one generation to the next. The narrator, a young woman, uses stories, poetry and characters to introduce and juxtapose situations. Through her powerful eyes we witness violence, friendship, alienation, family love and loyalty.

The Gimmicks

Author : Chris McCormick
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 006290857X
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book The Gimmicks written by Chris McCormick and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Gimmicks is a gorgeous epic that astounds with its scope and beauty. With empathy and humor, McCormick unravels the ties between brotherhood and betrayal, love and abandonment, and the fictions we create to live with the pain of the past. This novel will blow you away.” —Brit Bennett, New York Times bestselling author of The Mothers Set in the waning years of the Cold War, a stunning debut novel about a trio of young Armenians that moves from the Soviet Union, across Europe, to Southern California, and at its center, one of the most tragic cataclysms in twentieth-century history—the Armenian Genocide—whose traumatic reverberations will have unexpected consequences on all three lives. This exuberant, wholly original novel begins in Kirovakan, Armenia, in 1971. Ruben Petrosian is a serious, solitary young man who cares about two things: mastering the game of backgammon to beat his archrival, Mina, and studying the history of his ancestors. Ruben grieves the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide, a crime still denied by the descendants of its perpetrators, and dreams of vengeance. When his orphaned cousin, Avo, comes to live with his family, Ruben’s life is transformed. Gregarious and physically enormous, with a distinct unibrow that becomes his signature, Avo is instantly beloved. He is everything Ruben is not, yet the two form a bond they swear never to break. But their paths diverge when Ruben vanishes—drafted into an extremist group that will stop at nothing to make Turkey acknowledge the genocide. Unmoored by Ruben’s disappearance, Avo and Mina grow close in his absence. But fate brings the cousins together once more, when Ruben secretly contacts Avo, convincing him to leave Mina and join the extremists—a choice that will dramatically alter the course of their lives. Left to unravel the threads of this story is Terry “Angel Hair” Krill, a veteran of both the US Navy and the funhouse world of professional wrestling, whose life intersects with Avo, Ruben, and Mina’s in surprising and devastating ways. Told through alternating perspectives, The Gimmicks is a masterpiece of storytelling. Chris McCormick brilliantly illuminates the impact of history and injustice on ordinary lives and challenges us to confront the spectacle of violence and the specter of its aftermath.

Trivium 21c

Author : Martin Robinson
Publisher : Crown House Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178135085X
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book Trivium 21c written by Martin Robinson and published by Crown House Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-12 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Ancient Greece to the present day, Trivium 21c explores whether a contemporary trivium (Grammar, Dialectic, and Rhetoric) can unite progressive and traditionalist institutions, teachers, politicians and parents in the common pursuit of providing a great education for our children in the 21st century. Education policy and practice is a battleground. Traditionalists argue for the teaching of a privileged type of hard knowledge and deride soft skills. Progressives deride learning about great works of the past preferring '21c skills' (21st century skills) such as creativity and critical thinking. Whilst looking for a school for his daughter, the author became frustrated by schools' inability to value knowledge, as well as creativity, foster discipline alongside free-thinking, and value citizenship alongside independent learning. Drawing from his work as a creative teacher, Robinson finds inspiration in the Arts and the need to nurture learners with the ability to deal with the uncertainties of our age. Named one of Book Authority's best education books of all time.

Living the Gimmick

Author : Ben Peller
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780759520011
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Living the Gimmick written by Ben Peller and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2000-10-01 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the time he was able to body slam a pillow, Michael dreamed of becoming a professional wrestler, vanquishing imaginary enemies and nagging self-doubt with every drop kick he landed. As his buddies hit the books, Michael got hit. When they left for college, he enrolled in Shane Stratford's Wrestling Academy, where cash -- and a particularly punishing "audition" -- afforded him a first look into a world part circus, part sport, and all spectacle. From penny-ante matches to national notoriety, Michael rises through the ranks of professional wrestling. Hopped up on speed, pumped up on steroids, and fueled by a frustration he can't quite name, he adopts and discards identities in a bid to find the "gimmick" that will make him complete. His search will bring him in contact with people weird and wonderful: athletes and actors, crazy fans and crooked managers, the full rich range of folks who revel in the ring. Combining elements of sports narrative a la "North Dallas 40, " the behind-the-scenes authenticity of "Pumping Iron, " and a flair for the bizarre that recalls John Irving, "Living the Gimmick" is a novel not soon forgotten.

Beauty's Daughter, Monster, The Gimmick

Author : Dael Orlandersmith
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307482057
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Beauty's Daughter, Monster, The Gimmick written by Dael Orlandersmith and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-02-24 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sheer exuberance of language that pours forth in Dael Orlandersmith's plays has dazzled critics and audiences alike. In these three pieces, the award-winning writer and performer celebrates the power of words to rescue the young black women she portrays from their constricted worlds. In the Obie Award-winning play "Beauty's Daughter," Diane yearns to free herself from her soul-deadening surroundings, where people drown their unfulfilled aspirations in drugs and alcohol. In "Monster," Theresa imagines a life in the rock-'n'-roll poetry bohemia of Manhattan's Lower East Side and away from her home in East Harlem, where she is scorned as a misfit. And in "The Gimmick," Alexis escapes her brutal reality among the library bookshelves, where she dreams of becoming a writer in Paris. Charged with fearless wisdom, these three electrifying plays transform rage-filled ghetto experience into a triumph of rhapsodic expression.

Strategy and Tactics of World Communism

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Strategy and Tactics of World Communism written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

DEVILRY

Author : Daniel Madison
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0244820511
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (448 download)

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Download or read book DEVILRY written by Daniel Madison and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-09-22 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DEVILRY is a 600 Page Book of Secrets featuring the entire collection of independent publications from Daniel Madison, from 2000 to 2020. This final 2019 'redemption' edition of Madison's work contains 27 chapters and an astonishing 400 Deceptions, Magic Tricks and Sleight-of-Hand techniques with a deck of playing cards. This is Madison's entire lifetime body-of-work, completely updated page-by-page to include recent publications including Anglezero, Rock Bottom and 52 by MADISON. Riddled with groundbreaking, revolutionary and proven reputation-making material, including everything that has been in Madison's repertoire and everything that he devised whilst consulting for the biggest names in the world of Magic. This is Madison's Bible, this is the one and only book that Madison's students need for complete devotion and training in the Deceptive Arts from the master himself. This IS Daniel Madison, this is DEVILRY.

Stategy and Tactics of World Communism

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Stategy and Tactics of World Communism written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Strategy and Tactics of World Communism

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1752 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strategy and Tactics of World Communism written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 1752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hot Gimmick, Vol. 10

Author : Miki Aihara
Publisher : VIZ Media LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781421501093
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Hot Gimmick, Vol. 10 written by Miki Aihara and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2005-12-13 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All-out warfare between their families has Hatsumi and Ryoki wondering about their future, forcing Hatsumi to choose between Ryoki and her brother.

Normalization of Relations with the People's Republic of China

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Normalization of Relations with the People's Republic of China written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on International Relations

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1436 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on International Relations written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 1436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Use of Polygraphs as "lie Detectors" by the Federal Government

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Use of Polygraphs as "lie Detectors" by the Federal Government written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Use of Polygraphs as "lie Detectors" by the Federal Government

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 748 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Use of Polygraphs as "lie Detectors" by the Federal Government written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Congressional Record

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1458 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 1458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

President's Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Overview

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book President's Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Overview written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: