Iluminace 2024, 36(2):133-139 | DOI: 10.58193/ilu.1787

Seriously Unserious: Theoretical Implications of the Gimmick for Film and Media Studies

Veronika Hanáková ORCID...
Charles University, Czech Republic

Book review: Sianne Ngai, Theory of the Gimmick: Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist Form (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2020).

Keywords: gimmick, labor, aesthetics, capitalism

Received: August 20, 2024; Accepted: October 11, 2024; Published: November 8, 2024  Show citation

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Hanáková, V. (2024). Seriously Unserious: Theoretical Implications of the Gimmick for Film and Media Studies. Iluminace, 36(2), 133-139. doi: 10.58193/ilu.1787
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    References

    1. Hanáková, Veronika. "Lost Media: Collecting and Archiving of Artefacts from the Digital Era" (Master's thesis, Charles University, 2022).
    2. Ngai, Sianne. Our Aesthetic Categories: Zany, Cute, Interesting (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2012).
    3. Ngai, Sianne. Theory of the Gimmick: Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist Form (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2020). Go to original source...

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