Bibliograph

Karaoke culture, essays, Dubravka Ugresic ; translated from the Croatian and with an afterword by David Williams ; with contributions from Ellen Elias-Bursać and Celia Hawkesworth

Type

Label

Karaoke culture, essays, Dubravka Ugresic ; translated from the Croatian and with an afterword by David Williams ; with contributions from Ellen Elias-Bursać and Celia Hawkesworth

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Karaoke culture

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

768305640

Responsibility statement

Dubravka Ugresic ; translated from the Croatian and with an afterword by David Williams ; with contributions from Ellen Elias-Bursać and Celia Hawkesworth

Sub title

essays

Summary

Over the past three decades, Dubravka Ugresic has established herself as one of Europes greatest and most entertaining thinkers and creators, and its in her essays that Ugresic is at her sharpest. With laser focus, she pierces our pop culture, dissecting the absurdity of daily life with a wit and style thats all her own. Whether its commentary on jaded youth, the ways technology has made us soft in the head, or how wrestling a hotel minibar into a bath tub is the best way to stick it to The Man, Ugresic writes with unmatched honesty and panache. Karaoke Culture is full of candid, personal, and opinionated accounts of topics ranging from the baffling worldwide-pop-culture phenomena to the detriments of conformist nationalism. Sarcastic, biting, and, at times, even heartbreaking, this new collection of essays fully captures the outspoken brilliance of Ugresics insights into our modern worlds culture and conformism, the many ways in which it is ridiculous, and how (deep, deep down) we are all true suckers for it

Table Of Contents

Karaoke culture -- My digital life -- Cans of tuna fish and the European classics -- Captain, sir, we have plenty of coffee! -- No place for sissies -- The consolation of the last resource -- My ear the chauvinist, my eye the misanthrope -- Fear of people -- Filipinas -- Serbian Hollywood -- Bitches -- Knowledge is power -- The hairdresser with the poodle -- A postcard from Bali -- Battle royale -- Assault on the minibar -- No country for old women -- Old men and their grandchildren -- A question of perspective -- The fly -- Dangerous liaisons -- The spirit of the Kakanian Province -- The elusive substance of the archive

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