Miranda July's Intermedial Art: The Creative Class Between Self-Help and Individualism

Antje Czudaj

Published by transcript Verlag 2016

Miranda July's Intermedial Art

The Creative Class Between Self-Help and Individualism

Antje Czudaj

Volume 93 in the series Edition Kulturwissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839433690

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About this book

This first in-depth study of Miranda July's work reveals some of its major motives and consequently provides fascinating insights into the lifestyle of the contemporary white Californian middle class. Through an analysis of July's award-winning intermedial work, the author lays open how July takes individualism and self-help as constitutive for the creative class. Although a member of the creative class herself, July's voice oscillates between irony and approval. July thus paints a fascinating portrait of neurotic hipsterism, which triggers self-reflection in the general reader and critical thinking in the cultural analyst.

Author / Editor information

Antje Czudaj received her PhD in American Studies at Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany. She lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland.

Reviews

»Czudaj kann an den von ihr ausgewählten Beispielen das Konzept der Selbsthilfe glaubhaft machen und zeigt anschaulich, wie dieses bei July in Internet, Film und Kurzgeschichte verhandelt wird.«
Mirjam Kappes, MEDIENwissenschaft, 3 (2017)

Besprochen in:
GMK-Newsletter, 5 (2016)
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 16.09.2016, Nina C. Ayoub

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
2. Healing the Audience? Virtual Community Versus Individualization in the Internet Project Learning to Love You More Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3. Self-Help Strategies For Disembedded Individuals: The Film Me and You and Everyone We Know Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
4. The Search for the Self: The Short Story Collection No One Belongs Here More Than You Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
5. Conclusion: The Ambivalences of Self-Help Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 226
Keywords: Miranda July; Individual; Lifestyle; Self-Help; Intermediality; Middle Class; Creative Class; Literature; Art; Film; American Studies; American Art; Media Art; Literary Studies

eBook

Published: February 27, 2016
ISBN: 9783839433690