{"product_id":"dancing-on-my-own-essays-on-art-collectivity-and-joy-hardcover","title":"Dancing on My Own: Essays on Art, Collectivity, and Joy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Wu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA The Millions \u003c\/em\u003eMost Anticipated Book of 2024 A \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/em\u003eSummer Reads Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Simon Wu manages to be both a shrewd critic and enthused aspirant of what passes for today's cultural capital. . . . with a disarming lack of cynicism that is both keen and refreshing.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003eCathy Park Hong\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A genius melding of art criticism, autobiography, personal essay, and travel writing. . . . Wu\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003ean artist, curator, and writer\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003elayers experiences like translucent curtains through which we see the landscape of a past in the present making its future.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003eClaudia Rankine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn expansive and deeply personal essay collection which explores the aesthetics of class aspiration, the complications of creating art and fashion, and the limits of identity politics.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Robyn's 2010 track \u003cem\u003eDancing on My Own\u003c\/em\u003e, the Swedish pop-singer chronicles a night on the dance floor in the shadow of a former lover. She is bitter, angry, and at times desperate, and yet by the time the chorus arrives her frustration has melted away. She decides to dance on her own, and in this way, she transforms her solitude into a more complex joy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking inspiration from Robyn's seminal track, emerging art critic and curator Simon Wu dances through the institutions of art, capitalism, and identity in these expertly researched, beautifully rendered essays. In \"A Model Childhood\" he catalogs the decades' worth of clutter in his mother's suburban garage and its meaning for himself and his family. In \"For Everyone,\" Wu explores the complicated sensation of the Telfar bag (often referred to as \"the Brooklyn Birkin\") and asks whether fashion can truly be revolutionary in a capitalist system--if something can truly be \"for everyone\" without undercutting someone else. Throughout, Wu centers the sticky vulnerability of living in a body in a world where history is mapped into every choice we make, every party drug we take, and every person we kiss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWu's message is that to dance on your own is to move from critique into joy. To approach identity with the utmost sympathy for the kinds of belonging it might promise, and to look beyond it. For readers of Cathy Park Hong and Alexander Chee, \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDancing on My Own \u003c\/em\u003eis a deeply felt and ultimately triumphant anthem about the never-ending journey of discovering oneself, and introduces a brilliant new writer on the rise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984056221997,"sku":"9780063316201","price":27.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/xBCzGkQPCT9780063316201.webp?v=1776081652","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/dancing-on-my-own-essays-on-art-collectivity-and-joy-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}