Pretentiousness : why it matters
(2016)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Coffee House Press, 2016
Made available through hoopla
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781566894296 (electronic bk.) MWT12367189, 1566894298 (electronic bk.) 12367189
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Pretentiousness is for anyone who has braved being different, whether that's making a stand against artistic consensus or running the gauntlet of the last bus home dressed differently from everyone else. Pretentiousness is an essential ingredient in pop music and high art. Why do we choose accusations of elitism over open-mindedness? What do our anxieties about "pretending" say about us?
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