Andrew Hickey

Comfort and Contemporary Culture

The problems of the 'good life' on an increasingly uncomfortable planet

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Produktbeschreibung

Utilising analyses of popular culture and ethnographic accounts of everyday life, Comfort and Contemporary Culture works through case study accounts of comfort's enactment to pose questions around what it means to live, now.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2023
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 480g
• ISBN-13: 9781032536538
• ISBN-10: 1032536535
• Artikelnr.: 68475488

Autorenporträt

Andrew T Hickey is Professor of Communications in the School of Humanities and Communication, University of Southern Queensland.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1 The Condition of Comfort 1. Comfort, where? The Dimensions of
Comfort 2. Situating the Argument 3. The Narrative Construction of Comfort
4. But Again; Comfort? Some Final, Initial, Notes Section 2 Permutations of
Comfort: A Pragmatic Consideration of Comfort's Surfacings 5. Upon Booking
the Flight: The Physiographies of Comfort 6. A Trip to the Shops: Comfort's
Ethical Recognition 7. A Visit to the Oncology Ward: Comfort as an
Observable State of Being 8. In the Living Room: The Securitization of
Comfort Section 3 Permeations of Comfort: A Further Consideration of
Comfort's effects 9. Comfort's Individualisation: The Cruel Optimism of
Comfort 10. Afflict the Comfortable, Comfort the Afflicted: Comfort and the
Reformation of the 'Good Life'