 | Our Monica, Ourselves: The Clinton Affair and the National Interest Subjects: Clinton Bill 1946– -- Sexual behavior; Clinton Bill 1946– -- Impeachment; Lewinsky Monica S. (Monica Samille) 1973–; Political culture -- United States; Culture conflict -- United States; Sex -- Social aspects -- United States; Sexual ethics -- Unit; Our Monica, Ourselves: The Clinton Affair and the National Interest, an anthology edited by Lauren Berlant (The Anatomy of National Fantasy), English professor and director of the Center for Gender Studies at the University of Chicago, and Lisa Duggan (Sapphic Slashers), associate professor of American Studies and History at New York University, "seeks a medium-range perspective offering reflective, after-the-fact assessments by politically progressive journalists, scholars, and activists." A dialogue between academics Tyler Curtain and Dana D. Nelson on "The Symbolics of Presidentialism," Simone Weil Davis's essay on a pornographic satire of presidential philandering and Catharine Lumby's exploration of "the relationship between the phallus and the organ it represents" exemplify some of this rigorous cultural criticism of intersections between politics and sensationalism. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved Berlant Lauren : Lauren Berlant is Professor of English and Director of the Center for Gender Studies at the University of Chicago. She is author of The Anatomy of National Fantasy and The Queen of America Goes to Washington City: Essays on Sex and Citizenship , and co-editor of the journal Critical Inquiry .Duggan Lisa A. : Lisa Duggan is Associate Professor of American Studies and History at New York University. She is co-author of Sex Wars: Sexual Dissent and Political Culture and author of Sapphic Slashers: Sex, Violence and American Modernity. |
