Für Sianne Ngai lassen sich das Niedliche (»cute«) und der Gimmick nicht als Kitsch (Adorno) oder...

The zany, the cute, and the interesting saturate postmodern culture, dominating the look of its a...

Für Sianne Ngai lassen sich das Niedliche (»cute«) und der Gimmick nicht als Kitsch (Adorno) oder...

The Cute tracks the astonishing impact of a single aesthetic category on post-war and cont...

Envy, irritation, paranoia—in contrast to powerful and dynamic negative emotions like anger, t...

Envy, irritation, paranoia-in contrast to powerful and dynamic negative emotions like anger, thes...

Christian Gauss Award ShortlistWinner of the ASAP Book PrizeA Literary Hub Book of the Year"e...

blind spots in contemporary literary and cultural criticism. Her work maps a major intersection o...

Acclaimed critic Sianne Ngai theorizes the gimmick as an aesthetic category reflecting the fundam...

A collection that tracks the astonishing impact of one vernacular aesthetic category--the cute--o...