2. Don't Believe the Hype

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. PART I. AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE AND POPULAR ART
5. 1. The End of Aesthetic Experience 15
6. 2. Don't Believe the Hype 35
7. 3. The Fine Art of Rap 60
8. 4. Affect and Authenticity in Country Musicals 76
9. 5. The Urban Aesthetics of Absence: Pragmatist Reflections in Berlin 96
10. PART II. SOMA, SELF, AND SOCIETY
11. 6. Beneath Interpretation 115
12. 7. Somaesthetics and the Body I Media Issue 137
13. 8. The Somatic Turn: Care of the Body in Contemporary Culture 154
14. 9. Multiculturalism and the Art of Living 182
15. 10. Genius and the Paradox of Self-Styling 201
16. Notes 219
17. Index 259