Neoliberalism, Affect and Twenty-First-Century Culture

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Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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An interdisciplinary roster of contributors across the humanities and social sciences draws connections between contemporary culture, neoliberalism and affect to examine representations of emotional self-management in personal, professional, and social contexts in the 21st century.One of the most salient aspects of neoliberalism is the way its pervasiveness extends to the personal sphere, subjecting the personal to market logics as even private emotions become commodities to be administered and owned. Analyzing a range of cultural texts – including shows like Severance, novels like The Corrections, and even art exhibits like Contemporary Models of Realism from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow – contributors demonstrate how the omnipresence of neoliberalism across ideological perspectives and cultural contexts trains individuals to view themselves as individualist, competitive entrepreneurs in all facets of life on a global scale.Although this collection reveals art’s capacity to reproduce and circulate neoliberal logics amid unsuspecting audiences, it also – perhaps more importantly – highlights the ways in which aesthetic forms can conjure resistance.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-09-03
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9798216372523

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Foreword by Kristian Shaw AcknowledgementsIntroduction: “It’s the Economy, Stupid!” Holly Parker (University of Lincoln, USA) and Tommaso Villa (Independent Scholar, USA)Part I: Genre1. From Satire to Utopia: Political Writing after Neoliberalism Peter Conroy (Tsinghua University, China)2. The Neoliberal Child: Performance, Productivity and Play in Contemporary Children's LiteratureTess Ezzy (University of New England, Australia)3. Affective Impingements in Nina Cristante’s The Richest Man in Babylon (2024) and Ilona Sagar’s Correspondence O (2018) Maria Walsh (University of the Arts, London, UK)Part II: Emotional Management4. The Hyper-Professional Sports Hero in the Work of David Foster Wallace Tommaso Villa (Independent Scholar, USA)5. Navigating Emotional Self-Management in Sally Rooney’s Normal People (2018) Holly Parker (University of Lincoln, USA) 6. Severance (2022-): Neoliberal Affect, the Split Subject and Marcuse’s One-Dimensional Society Jo Coghlan (University of New England, Australia)Part III: Counter Cultures7. Freedom and Its Discontents: Outlaw Entrepreneurship and Affective Strain in Sons of Anarchy (2008-14) and Breaking Bad (2008-13) Elena Apostolaki (University of Cologne, Germany)8. Neoliberal Ideologies in the Neon Lights: Identity Capitalisation and Community Commodification in the Yakuza Series (2005-16) Julien Paret (Alliance University in Bangalore, India)Part IV: Online9. Self(ie)-care: Cruel Optimism in Recent Literary Depictions of the Internet Influencer Helen Penet (Université de Lille, France)10. On Living Online: Affective Self-Help and Lifestyle Communities on YouTube Suhana Simran (Jamia Millia Islamia, India)About the Contributors Index

Every one of this book’s ten case studies brings careful attention to the ways that the deregulation of the economy and, hence, the run riot logic of ‘free markets’ simultaneously requires the cruel self-regulation of an affective economy of emotions, bodily feelings and capacities. So, what might affect-oriented analyses – whether of specific literary works, videogames, television/film, online culture, and more – offer as strategies for imagining the myriad ways that this neoliberal formula for boundless profit-taking and individually-borne responsibility can be faced, maybe feelingly unlooped, and turned against the continued precarity for so many? Ten reasons to read this book!