Humiliation

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ISBN: 9780312429225

Wayne Koestenbaum

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Picador US
02 August 2011

Memoirs; Society & Social Sciences; Psychology: emotions

Series: Big Ideas//Small Books

Wayne Koestenbaum considers the meaning of humiliation in this eloquent work of cultural critique and personal reflection.

The lives of people both famous and obscure are filled with scarlet-letter moments when their dirty laundry sees daylight. In these moments we not only witness the reversibility of ""success,"" of prominence, but also come to visceral terms with our own vulnerable selves. We can't stop watching the scene of shame, identifying with it and absorbing its nearness, and relishing our imagined immunity from its stain, even as we acknowledge the universal, embarrassing predicament of living in our own bodies. With an unusual, disarming blend of autobiography and cultural commentary, noted poet and critic Wayne Koestenbaum takes us through a spectrum of mortifying circumstances--in history, literature, art, current events, music, film, and his own life. His generous disclosures and brilliant observations go beyond prurience to create a poetics of abasement. Inventive, poignant, erudite, and playful, Humiliation plunges into one of the most disquieting of human experiences, with reflections at once emboldening and humane.

By: Wayne Koestenbaum
Imprint: Picador US
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 182mm, Width: 121mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 168g
ISBN: 9780312429225
ISBN 10: 0312429223
Series: Big Ideas//Small Books
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 02 August 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Humiliation

""This literary 'topping from the bottom' is the funniest, smartest, most heartbreaking yet powerful book I've read in a long time."" --John Waters ""Humiliation runs like a rash over the body of all of Wayne Koestenbaum's work; here, he directly addresses the feeling, and the result is one of my favorite recent books: psychologically astute, verbally pyrotechnic, bottomlessly provocative, surprisingly funny, and immensely sad. An extraordinary meditation on nothing less than--I don't know how else to say it--the human condition."" --David Shields, author of Reality Hunger