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Irresistible - How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World (Hardcover, Main): Joshua Paul Dale Irresistible - How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World (Hardcover, Main)
Joshua Paul Dale
R473 Discovery Miles 4 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Why are some things cute, and others not? What happens to our brains when we see something cute? And how did cuteness go global, from Hello Kitty to Disney characters? Cuteness is an area where culture and biology get tangled up. Seeing a cute animal triggers some of the most powerful psychological instincts we have - the ones that elicit our care and protection - but there is a deeper story behind the broad appeal of Japanese cats and saccharine greetings cards. Joshua Paul Dale, a pioneer in the burgeoning field of cuteness studies, explains how the cute aesthetic spread around the globe, from pop brands to Lolita fashion, kids' cartoons and the unstoppable rise of Hello Kitty. Irresistible delves into the surprisingly ancient origins of Japan's kawaii culture, and uncovers the cross-cultural pollination of the globalised world. If adorable things really do rewire our brains, it can help answer some of the biggest questions we have about our evolutionary history and the mysterious origins of animal domestication. This is the fascinating cultural history of cuteness, and a revealing look at how our most powerful psychological impulses have remade global style and culture.

The Aesthetics and Affects of Cuteness (Paperback): Joshua Paul Dale, Joyce Goggin, Julia Leyda, Anthony McIntyre, Diane Negra The Aesthetics and Affects of Cuteness (Paperback)
Joshua Paul Dale, Joyce Goggin, Julia Leyda, Anthony McIntyre, Diane Negra
R1,190 Discovery Miles 11 900 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Cuteness is one of the most culturally pervasive aesthetics of the new millennium and its rapid social proliferation suggests that the affective responses it provokes find particular purchase in a contemporary era marked by intensive media saturation and spreading economic precarity. Rejecting superficial assessments that would deem the ever-expanding plethora of cute texts trivial, The Aesthetics and Affects of Cuteness directs serious scholarly attention from a variety of academic disciplines to this ubiquitous phenomenon. The sheer plasticity of this minor aesthetic is vividly on display in this collection which draws together analyses from around the world examining cuteness's fundamental role in cultural expressions stemming from such diverse sources as military cultures, high-end contemporary art worlds, and animal shelters. Pushing beyond prevailing understandings that associate cuteness solely with childhood or which posit an interpolated parental bond as its primary affective attachment, the essays in this collection variously draw connections between cuteness and the social, political, economic, and technological conditions of the early twenty-first century and in doing so generate fresh understandings of the central role cuteness plays in the recalibration of contemporary subjectivities.

The Aesthetics and Affects of Cuteness (Hardcover): Joshua Paul Dale, Joyce Goggin, Julia Leyda, Anthony McIntyre, Diane Negra The Aesthetics and Affects of Cuteness (Hardcover)
Joshua Paul Dale, Joyce Goggin, Julia Leyda, Anthony McIntyre, Diane Negra
R4,739 Discovery Miles 47 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Cuteness is one of the most culturally pervasive aesthetics of the new millennium and its rapid social proliferation suggests that the affective responses it provokes find particular purchase in a contemporary era marked by intensive media saturation and spreading economic precarity. Rejecting superficial assessments that would deem the ever-expanding plethora of cute texts trivial, The Aesthetics and Affects of Cuteness directs serious scholarly attention from a variety of academic disciplines to this ubiquitous phenomenon. The sheer plasticity of this minor aesthetic is vividly on display in this collection which draws together analyses from around the world examining cuteness's fundamental role in cultural expressions stemming from such diverse sources as military cultures, high-end contemporary art worlds, and animal shelters. Pushing beyond prevailing understandings that associate cuteness solely with childhood or which posit an interpolated parental bond as its primary affective attachment, the essays in this collection variously draw connections between cuteness and the social, political, economic, and technological conditions of the early twenty-first century and in doing so generate fresh understandings of the central role cuteness plays in the recalibration of contemporary subjectivities.

Irresistible - How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World (Export/Airside): Joshua Paul Dale Irresistible - How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World (Export/Airside)
Joshua Paul Dale
R472 R386 Discovery Miles 3 860 Save R86 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Why are some things cute, and others not? What happens to our brains when we see something cute? And how did cuteness go global, from Hello Kitty to Disney characters? Cuteness is an area where culture and biology get tangled up. Seeing a cute animal triggers some of the most powerful psychological instincts we have - the ones that elicit our care and protection - but there is a deeper story behind the broad appeal of Japanese cats and saccharine greetings cards. Joshua Paul Dale, a pioneer in the burgeoning field of cuteness studies, explains how the cute aesthetic spread around the globe, from pop brands to Lolita fashion, kids' cartoons and the unstoppable rise of Hello Kitty. Irresistible delves into the surprisingly ancient origins of Japan's kawaii culture, and uncovers the cross-cultural pollination of the globalised world. If adorable things really do rewire our brains, it can help answer some of the biggest questions we have about our evolutionary history and the mysterious origins of animal domestication. This is the fascinating cultural history of cuteness, and a revealing look at how our most powerful psychological impulses have remade global style and culture.

Truth is the Answer - Volume 1 (Paperback): Jill Elizabeth Nelson Truth is the Answer - Volume 1 (Paperback)
Jill Elizabeth Nelson; Joshua Paul
R182 Discovery Miles 1 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Live Like JESUS (Paperback): Jo Rhea Baker, Jill Elizabeth Nelson Live Like JESUS (Paperback)
Jo Rhea Baker, Jill Elizabeth Nelson; Joshua Paul
R178 Discovery Miles 1 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Comfort or Cross - The Third World Perspective on Church (Paperback): Jill Elizabeth Nelson Comfort or Cross - The Third World Perspective on Church (Paperback)
Jill Elizabeth Nelson; Joshua Paul
R403 Discovery Miles 4 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Biblical Marriage - For God or Government? (Paperback): Joshua Paul The Biblical Marriage - For God or Government? (Paperback)
Joshua Paul
R663 Discovery Miles 6 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Marriage License Fraud - What every Christian couple should know... before signing a marriage license. (Paperback): Joshua Paul Marriage License Fraud - What every Christian couple should know... before signing a marriage license. (Paperback)
Joshua Paul
R540 Discovery Miles 5 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Online Community Blueprint - A 9-Step Guide to Planning an Online Community for Your Customers, Members, or Partners... The Online Community Blueprint - A 9-Step Guide to Planning an Online Community for Your Customers, Members, or Partners (Paperback)
Katie Bapple, Joshua Paul, Katie Oakes
R558 Discovery Miles 5 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Finding My Voice - A Journey into Faith: reprinted by Joshua Bechtel in 2022 (Paperback): Joshua Paul Bechtel Finding My Voice - A Journey into Faith: reprinted by Joshua Bechtel in 2022 (Paperback)
Joshua Paul Bechtel
R433 Discovery Miles 4 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
An Unusual Talk (Paperback): Joshua Paul An Unusual Talk (Paperback)
Joshua Paul
R304 Discovery Miles 3 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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