Trick mirror reflections on self-delusion
A writer at The New Yorker examines the fractures at the center of contemporary culture. In each essay, Tolentino writes about a cultural prism: the rise of the nightmare social internet; the advent of scamming as the definitive millennial ethos; the literary heroine's journey from brave to bla...
| Main Author: | Tolentino, Jia (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Random House,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
A writer at The New Yorker examines the fractures at the center of contemporary culture. In each essay, Tolentino writes about a cultural prism: the rise of the nightmare social internet; the advent of scamming as the definitive millennial ethos; the literary heroine's journey from brave to blank to bitter; and the punitive dream of optimization, which insists that everything, including our bodies, should become more efficient and beautiful until we die. |
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| Physical Description: |
xi, 303 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-303). |
| ISBN: |
9780525510543 0525510540 |
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