@article{1478628, author = {Ngai, Sianne, }, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1478628}, title = {Ugly Feelings /}, abstract = {Ngai mobilizes the aesthetics of unprestigious negative affects such as irritation, envy, and disgust to investigate not only ideological and representational dilemmas in literature--with a particular focus on those inflected by gender and race--but also blind spots in contemporary literary and cultural criticism. Her work maps a major intersection of literary studies, media and cultural studies, feminist studies, and aesthetic theory.}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674041523}, recid = {1478628}, pages = {1 online resource (432 p.)}, }