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> [“In fact, I would suggest that what each moment produces is the inherently ambiguous affect of affective disorientation in general—what we might think of as a state of feeling vaguely “unsettled” or “confused,” or, more precisely, a meta-feeling in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sianne-ngai/in-fact-i-would-suggest-that-what-each-moment-produces-is-the/)

[Sianne Ngai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sianne-ngai/)

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## More by Sianne Ngai

> [“in my afterword, which discusses the ugliest of all ugly feelings: disgust. As”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sianne-ngai/in-my-afterword-which-discusses-the-ugliest-of-all-ugly-feelings/)

[Sianne Ngai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sianne-ngai/)

> [“—rather than those of more iconic figures such as Ahab, Othello, or Lear, my focus will be on irritation instead of anger, envy rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sianne-ngai/rather-than-those-of-more-iconic-figures-such-as-ahab-othello-or-lear/)

[Sianne Ngai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sianne-ngai/)

> [“Both are also examples of film noir, a postwar genre commonly understood (even to the point of cliché) as being aesthetically and ideologically driven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sianne-ngai/both-are-also-examples-of-film-noir-a-postwar-genre-commonly/)

[Sianne Ngai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sianne-ngai/)

> [“In other words, a positional parallelism in which sound is foregrounded as an independent feature (Nathanson, WP, 140), comes to override an ideational parallelism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sianne-ngai/in-other-words-a-positional-parallelism-in-which-sound-is/)

[Sianne Ngai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sianne-ngai/)

> [“Indeed, while it is widely agreed that “emotions play roles in forms of action,”22 the feelings in this study tend to be diagnostic rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sianne-ngai/indeed-while-it-is-widely-agreed-that-emotions-play-roles-in-forms-of/)

[Sianne Ngai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sianne-ngai/)

> [“On one hand, the state of being “animated” implies the most general of all affective conditions (that of being “moved” in one way or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sianne-ngai/on-one-hand-the-state-of-being-animated-implies-the-most-general-of/)

[Sianne Ngai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sianne-ngai/)

> [“In fact, the shot’s cunning re-objectivization suggests just how uncertain this surveillance expert’s grasp of the visual field has perhaps been all along.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sianne-ngai/in-fact-the-shot-s-cunning-re-objectivization-suggests-just-how/)

[Sianne Ngai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sianne-ngai/)

> [“In fact, I would suggest that what each moment produces is the inherently ambiguous affect of affective disorientation in general—what we might think of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sianne-ngai/in-fact-i-would-suggest-that-what-each-moment-produces-is-the/)

[Sianne Ngai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sianne-ngai/)

> [“As an affective matrix devised as a “psychological explanation” for revolutionary or political impulses, which reduces social antagonisms to deficiencies of individual character or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sianne-ngai/as-an-affective-matrix-devised-as-a-psychological-explanation-for/)

[Sianne Ngai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sianne-ngai/)

> [“these audible demonstrations that whether the feeling is vested in abstract systems or in personal relationships, the world of the novel’s story runs on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sianne-ngai/these-audible-demonstrations-that-whether-the-feeling-is-vested-in/)

[Sianne Ngai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sianne-ngai/)

> [“Indeed, as a system of exchange based on a highly codified feeling that is continually reproduced and circulated even as it cannot be subjectively…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sianne-ngai/indeed-as-a-system-of-exchange-based-on-a-highly-codified-feeling/)

[Sianne Ngai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sianne-ngai/)

> [“The Conversation to produce another highly determinate feeling—paranoia—that not coincidentally replicates the subjective/objective oscillation in its basic structure: Is the enemy out there or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sianne-ngai/the-conversation-to-produce-another-highly-determinate-feeling/)

[Sianne Ngai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sianne-ngai/)

> [“In both cases, the difficulty lies not in the ontological difference between real emotion and virtual emotion, but rather in their proximity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sianne-ngai/in-both-cases-the-difficulty-lies-not-in-the-ontological-difference/)

[Sianne Ngai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sianne-ngai/)

> [“If Ugly Feelings is a bestiary of affects, in other words, it is one filled with rats and possums rather than lions, its categories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sianne-ngai/if-ugly-feelings-is-a-bestiary-of-affects-in-other-words-it-is-one/)

[Sianne Ngai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sianne-ngai/)

> [“Yet the point of the Black Rapids agent’s story is precisely that an illusory panic can easily generate a “double” that is actually experienced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sianne-ngai/yet-the-point-of-the-black-rapids-agent-s-story-is-precisely-that-an/)

[Sianne Ngai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sianne-ngai/)

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