{"product_id":"neoliberal-nonfictions-daniel-worden-9780813944166","title":"Neoliberal Nonfictions: The Documentary Aesthetic from Joan Didion to Jay-Z","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith the ascendancy of neoliberalism in American culture beginning in the 1960s, the political structures governing private lives became more opaque and obscure. Neoliberal Nonfictions argues that a new style of documentary art emerged to articulate the fissures between individual experience and reality in the era of finance capitalism. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this wide-ranging study, Daniel Worden touches on issues ranging from urban poverty and criminal justice to environmental collapse and international politics. He examines the impact of local struggles and global markets on music, from D. A. Pennebaker's infamous Dylan documentary \u003ci\u003eDont Look Back\u003c\/i\u003e to Kendrick Lamar's breakthrough album \u003ci\u003eGood Kid, M.A.A.D. City.\u003c\/i\u003e He details the emergence of the hustler as an icon of neoliberal individualism in Jay-Z's autobiography Decoded, Alex Haley's Autobiography of Malcom X, and Hunter S. Thompson's \"gonzo\" journalism. He looks at how contemporary works such as Maggie Nelson's memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Red Parts\u003c\/i\u003e and Taryn Simon's photography series \u003ci\u003eThe Innocents\u003c\/i\u003e challenge the moral simplifications of traditional true crime writing. In his conclusion, he explores the dominance of memoir as a literary mode in the neoliberal era, particularly focusing on works by Joan Didion and Dave Eggers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocumentary has become the aesthetic of our age, harnessing the irreconcilable distance between individual and society as a site for aesthetic experimentation across media, from journalism and photography to memoir, music, and film. Both a symptom of and a response to the emergence of economic neoliberalism, the documentary aesthetic is central to how we understand ourselves and our world today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Worden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813944163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813944166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 7.20w x 0.40d","brand":"Daniel Worden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941053169919,"sku":"9780813944166","price":29.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f59747e4-084f-4fa3-9601-ca8cff34efbd.jpg?v=1681450636","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/neoliberal-nonfictions-daniel-worden-9780813944166","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}