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2.97 AVERAGE
2.97 AVERAGE
reflective
fast-paced
informative
medium-paced
Very interesting subject matter which did make me think more cynically about certain marketing strategies, but dryer than a fart in the Sahara.
This book could’ve certainly been pared-down to a 15-20 page academic article. There was a lot of repetition yet the author also seemed to jump all over the place. The best part of the book was the cute cover.
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Not the worse book but very dry.
Cover is deceptively cute (lol) what you're getting is very academic and I have nothing against academic, especially when you have something compelling to say and evidence/scenarios to discuss. I felt like this did not.
Cover is deceptively cute (lol) what you're getting is very academic and I have nothing against academic, especially when you have something compelling to say and evidence/scenarios to discuss. I felt like this did not.
I came into this book knowing it was an academic approach to the appeal of cuteness, so I feel that I'm much more forgiving of the text's dry and meandering manner. The collection of examples illustrates that there isn't a single definition or predicted response to cuteness, but rather a collection of responses that are a product of a culture and personal perceptions.
The disappointing part of the book is that it doesn't nail down what cuteness is, but rather passes through many examples with equal claims to what is cute. It also doesn't help the reader gain a better understanding of their own relationship to what is cute. Rather, it takes an impersonal sociological approach to all that is cute and how our society collectively responds. This book isn't cute, nor is the feeling while reading it. This book is a meta-analysis of the mind-warping power of cute on our lives with neither a prescription to look past it nor control our compulsiveness towards it.
The disappointing part of the book is that it doesn't nail down what cuteness is, but rather passes through many examples with equal claims to what is cute. It also doesn't help the reader gain a better understanding of their own relationship to what is cute. Rather, it takes an impersonal sociological approach to all that is cute and how our society collectively responds. This book isn't cute, nor is the feeling while reading it. This book is a meta-analysis of the mind-warping power of cute on our lives with neither a prescription to look past it nor control our compulsiveness towards it.
'But what if Cute is a miniature Trojan horse in the citadel of power: in the intellectual citadel that for over three centuries has increasingly interpreted even the most altruistic, compassionate, freedom-giving human relations in terms of power and the will to power?
What if its real 'master trope' is not personification strategies understood as projections of power, whether for good or ill, but rather playful unpindownability: the carefree evocation of uncertainty as a fundamental characteristic of life and world? '
What if its real 'master trope' is not personification strategies understood as projections of power, whether for good or ill, but rather playful unpindownability: the carefree evocation of uncertainty as a fundamental characteristic of life and world? '
Interesting, but ultimately not as well-argued as it could have been.
I think a lot of people misunderstand his examples and his arguments, (i think his discussion of the uncanny cute is pretty on point) but that doesn’t mean i fully agree with him
I think a lot of people misunderstand his examples and his arguments, (i think his discussion of the uncanny cute is pretty on point) but that doesn’t mean i fully agree with him
informative
fast-paced