Uncomfortably Numb
Elizabeth Wurtzel's Cool Lifestyles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4833660 |
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| Authors | James Annesley (Newcastle University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 159-172 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative American Studies An International Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1477-5700 • E-ISSN: 1741-2676 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14775700.2021.1982587 |
| OpenAlex | W3201578004 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
On the confessional pages of her memoirs Prozac Nation and More, Now, Again and in the meditations on popular culture that characterise her journalism and non-fiction, Elizabeth Wurtzel’s writing demonstrates a consistent emphasis on images of iconic rebellion. Recognising the ways these patterns mesh with her wider focus on addiction and depression, this article situates Wurtzel’s vision of outsiderdom in relation to cool’s often explicitly masculine discourses and moves from there to demonstrate the extent to which the focus on cool lifestyles informs her representations of addiction and depression. In terms that connect the cultural with the psychological, ‘Uncomfortably numb’ illuminates not just Wurtzel’s writing and the patterns that shape the interpretation of cool, but the nature of the way a depressive self is narrated, negotiated and understood
Aesthetics · Art · Confessional · Focus (optics · Interpretation (philosophy · Journalism · Literature · Media studies · Memoir · Political science · Politics · Relation (database · Sociology · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior · Philosophy · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics
| Highly cited | No |
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