Judith Kohlenberger, The New Formula for Cool: Science, Technology, and the Popular in the American Imagination

Judith Kohlenberger, The New Formula for Cool: Science, Technology, and the Popular in the American Imagination

Judith Kohlenberger’s The New Formula for Cool can be described approvingly, in only one word and by means of its subject matter, as “cool.” Contrary to the concept of “cool,” however, defined tentatively by the writer in terms of its “indeterminate ontological status” and elusive semantic range (12...

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Published in:European Journal of American Studies 2016-05
Main Author: Delikonstantinidou, Katerina
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Aesthetics
Criminal investigations
Cultural studies
Information society
Motion pictures
Science
Social networks
Writers
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Summary:Judith Kohlenberger’s The New Formula for Cool can be described approvingly, in only one word and by means of its subject matter, as “cool.” Contrary to the concept of “cool,” however, defined tentatively by the writer in terms of its “indeterminate ontological status” and elusive semantic range (12, 25), in the Introduction (Chapter One), this study is anything but vague in its organization, argumentation, and aims. In fact, The New Formula for Cool, a revision of Kohlenberger’s doctoral dis...
ISSN:1991-9336
1991-9336