{"product_id":"which-as-you-know-means-violence-isbn-9781913462468","title":"Which as You Know Means Violence","description":"\u003cb\u003eA blending of art and pop cultural criticism about people who injure themselves for our entertainment or enlightenment.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA few weeks before he died, Hunter S. Thompson left an answerphone message for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJackass'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e Johnny Knoxville: \"I might be coming to Baton Rouge... and if I do I will call you, because I will be looking to have some fun, which as you know usually means violence.\" Fun does not, of course, mean violence for most people. Those who choose to make a hobby, a career or an art practice out of injury are wired differently — subject to unusual motivations, and quite often powered by an ardent death-drive.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhich as You Know Means Violence\u003c\/i\u003e, writer and art critic Philippa Snow analyses the subject of pain, injury and sadomasochism in performance, from the more rarefied context of contemporary art to the more lowbrow realm of pranksters, stuntmen and stuntwomen, and uncategorisable, danger-loving YouTube freaks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a world where violence — of the market, of climate change, of capitalism — is part of our everyday lives, \u003ci\u003eWhich as You Know Means Violence\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on those who enact violence on themselves, for art or entertainment, and analyses the role that violence plays in twenty-first century culture.“The best book I’ve read on art and pain since Maggie Nelson’s \u003ci\u003eArt of Cruelty\u003c\/i\u003e, and a worthy successor to that work.” - \u003cb\u003eJoanna Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eGirl Online\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Snow writes with such kinetic, sensory power here, alongside her characteristic, roving intelligence, that I felt I’d (somewhat queasily) witnessed, as well as read, this gripping exploration of pain and performance. \u003ci\u003eWhich As You Know Means Violence\u003c\/i\u003e is as smart, fearless and funny as its many sensitively drawn subjects. Brilliant.\" - \u003cb\u003eOlivia Sudjic\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eAsylum Road\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e”With her sharp insight and ferocious sense of fun, Philippa Snow is the rare critic with the daring necessary to juxtapose Jackass and feminist body art, to probe their entangled strains of suffering and liberation. These essays are feats of intellectual agility that feel eye-opening, risky, and all too relevant to our half-mad moment.” - \u003cb\u003eAlexandra Kleeman\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou Too Can Have a Body Like Mine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A scintillating look at bodily harm in art and society, from Buster Keaton to Jackass, which puts the late 90s and 2000s in its rightful place as a historically and culturally important moment while showing how capitalist society is forever a sado-masochistic death cult. Snow is witty, funny and sharp as a knife.” - \u003cb\u003eCamilla Grudova\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Doll’s Alphabet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is a true pleasure to become immersed in writing that is capable of connecting so many dots with such dexterity and grace.\" - \u003cb\u003eNatasha Stagg\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eSleeveless: Fashion, Image, Media, New York 2011-2019.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Snow has somehow created an enjoyable—indelible- book-length meditation on pain. Most notable is its critical analysis of hurt in the culture industry at large.\" - \u003cb\u003eStephanie La Cava\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eI Fear My Pain Interests You. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Provocative and intensely readable, humane and beautifully drawn parallels between subjects of violence and their disposition to harm. Absolutely captivating.\" - \u003cb\u003eAlice Ash\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eParadise Block\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"This gripping, brainy, fascinating and often hilarious book took me on the wildest of rides through art and the body, literature, pop culture, sensation, gender, class, mortality, theory - what else even is there? The sense that Philippa Snow had an absolute blast writing this is palpable and contagious; reading \u003ci\u003eWhich As You Know Means Violence\u003c\/i\u003e left me with a giddy gratitude for this strange human life.\" - \u003cb\u003eMichelle Tea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A brilliant, bracing and often funny debut, Philippa Snow's Which As You Know Means Violence casts a compassionate but rigorous critical lens on self harm as art and art as accident. The smartest book I've read all year, and one I will return to for years to come.\" - \u003cb\u003eAllie Rowbottom\u003c\/b\u003e, author o\u003ci\u003ef \u003ci\u003eJell-O Girls \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eAesthetica. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Philippa’s writing makes me feel like I am rolling around in the mud wearing pearls. You are in the muck of glamour! I can think of few people writing now who give ‘the great feminine’ the kind of gritty and glorious thinking it deserves, which is what Philippa does.” - \u003cb\u003eRachel Seville Tashjian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Which As You Know Means Violence is a surprisingly moving, life-affirming book, in part because it’s about life, art, performance, being pushed to its limits. Here, we discuss the current landscape for criticism, subconscious creativity, and the value of humour.” - \u003cb\u003eHolly Connolly\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnOther Magazine. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“No one gets celebrity better than writer, critic and i-D contributor Philippa Snow. Her first book [is] a thrilling work of cultural criticism about the peculiar place aestheticised violence occupies in contemporary art and culture.” \u003ci\u003e- \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eiD Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“I reread Snow’s essays in an afternoon and wished for more. If we’re lucky, perhaps she’ll pull a Sontag and offer a second set.”\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eNikki-Shaner Bradford, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookForum Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003eSnow’s ability to move from niche performance art to the messianic iconography of millennial Americana is one of the book’s greatest strengths.” - \u003cb\u003eBryony White\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElephant Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Svelte and smart analysis… Snow has a witty and sleek style, approaching the subjects of life, art and performance pushed to their extremes with sensitivity and care. This is a book about pain and hurt that, somehow, is both provocative and immensely pleasurable to read.” - \u003cb\u003eAnna Cafolla\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Face\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A short, sharp stiletto of a book that gets to the point of how our inner pains become public across the highs and lows of (un)popular culture.” - \u003cb\u003eAdam Steiner\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLouder Than War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e “I wish I could write like Philippa Snow. Every essay she writes does exactly what she's trying to get it to do; every text she writes about is transformed, new; and it's funny, it's all so funny and sad and right. For goodness' sake, buy this book.” - \u003cb\u003ePhillip Maciak, LA Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \"A searing meditation on violence, pain and the nature of art under patriarchal, racialised capitalism. Snow's essential empathy is at its most apparent; for all the withering one-liners \u0026amp; theoretical zeal that propel her writing, this is at base a book about pain, death \u0026amp; creativity, the basic fabric of life... This is the most nakedly, vividly human book I've read in some time.\" — \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLoud and Quiet Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"What I like most about Snow’s monograph is her assertion of grace.\" — \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview31\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe White Review — \u003c\/i\u003eBest Books of 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilippa Snow\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer based in Norwich. Her reviews and essays have appeared in publications including \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtReview\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrieze\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe White Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe TLS\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e. She was shortlisted for the 2020 Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize.","brand":"Repeater","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299912667365,"sku":"NP9781913462468","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781913462468.jpg?v=1767744096","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/which-as-you-know-means-violence-isbn-9781913462468","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}