Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Questionnaires are everywhere: we fill them out at doctors' offices and at job interviews, to express ourselves and to advance knowledge, to find love and to kill time. But where did they come from, and why have they proliferated? Evan Kindley's Questionnaire investigates the history of "the form as form," from the Victorian confession album to the BuzzFeed quiz. By asking questions about the questions we ask ourselves, Kindley uncovers surprising connections between literature and science, psychology and business, and journalism and surveillance.
Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
| ISBN: | 9781501314773 |
| Publication date: | 28th July 2016 |
| Author: | Evan Kindley |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 152 pages |
| Series: | Object Lessons |
| Genres: |
Literary essays Media studies Social research and statistics Philosophy: aesthetics Literary theory |
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Questionnaires are everywhere: we fill them out at doctors' offices and at job interviews, to express ourselves and to advance knowledge, to find love and to kill time. But where did they come from, and why have they proliferated? Evan Kindley's Questionnaire investigates the history of "the form as form," from the Victorian confession album to the BuzzFeed quiz. By asking questions about the questions we ask ourselves, Kindley uncovers surprising connections between literature and science, psychology and business, and journalism and surveillance.
Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
Questionnaire features in the following genres: Literary essays, Media studies, Social research and statistics, Philosophy: aesthetics, Literary theory
Questionnaire is available in Paperback
Questionnaire was written by Evan Kindley and published by Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Questionnaire has 152 pages
Yes it is part of Object Lessons series
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