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Gender, 2021 Anhand von zwei Spiel- und einem Dokumentarfilm setzt sich der Beitrag mit der filmischen Inszenierung sozialer Im/Mobilität auseinander. Den Ausgangspunkt bildet die These, dass das meritokratische Versprechen eines sozialen Aufstiegs durch Leistung im ...
Andrea Seier, Stephan Trinkaus
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The Polish policy on disability in the perspective of cruel optimism. About the promises that have not been being fulfilled [PDF]
, 2021 W artykule przedstawione zostało zastosowanie perspektywy teoretycznej, jaką jest okrutny optymizm (cruel optimism), do analizy sytuacji osób z niepełnosprawnościami w edukacji i na rynku pracy w Polsce.
Kocejko, Magdalena, Głąb, Zbigniew
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The Literary Sad Girl: Female Disaffect and Passive Dissent in 21st-Century Anglophone Fiction
C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-century WritingsReferred to as ‘the sad girl’ in popular discourse, depictions of disaffected, inactive women increasingly pervade 21st-century literature, particularly female-authored Anglophone narratives.
Dilâra Yilmaz
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, 2017 Lauren Berlant has argued, ‘cruel optimism exists when something you desire is actually an obstacle to your flourishing’ [2011. Cruel Optimism. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, p. 1].
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Cruel optimism, or, this time will be different!
Journal of Information LiteracyInformation literacy (IL) is an important means by which academic libraries prove their value within higher education and to broader (sceptical) society.
Maura Seale, Karen Nicholson
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ArtsThis paper examines how Pakistani popular cinema reproduces a cruelly optimistic attachment to gender identity and thinness, where weight loss is imagined as the key to love, success, and social acceptance. Rather than surveying the entire industry, this
Muhammad Sohail Ahmad +2 more
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Optimism and recovery after acute coronary syndrome: a clinical cohort study. [PDF]
, 2015 Optimism is associated with reduced cardiovascular mortality, but its impact on recovery after acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is poorly understood. We hypothesized that greater optimism would lead to more effective physical and emotional adaptation after ...
Ronaldson, A +13 more
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Canada and BeyondThis article presents an intersectional reading of Hiromi Goto’s The Kappa Child (2001) through the lens of Affect Theory. Particularly, I draw from Sara Ahmed’s The Promise of Happiness and Lauren Berlant’s Cruel Optimism to analyze the role these ...
Sheila Hernández González
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Circular product design (CPD) is central to advancing the circular economy by enabling the narrowing, slowing, and closing of resource flows. Yet, its implementation remains persistently challenging for firms. Prior research has largely framed these challenges as discrete barriers, overlooking the structural contradictions embedded in CPD ...
Vanessa Robertson +2 more
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The Long Way to Emancipation in Margaret Laurence’s A Jest of God
Canada and BeyondLauren Berlant’s critical stance proves instrumental to carry out the analysis of Margaret Laurence’s A Jest of God, a story dealing with personal insecurities and crises, related to feelings of loss, trauma, suffering or failure.
Jesús Varela-Zapata
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