Our Monica, Ourselves : The Clinton Affair and the National Interest / ed. by Lauren Berlant, Lisa A. Duggan.
Berlant, Lauren, contributor.; Berlant, Lauren, editor.; Clarke, Eric O., contributor.; Curtain, Tyler, contributor.; Cvetkovich, Ann, contributor.; Duggan, Lisa A., editor.; Duggan, Lisa, contributor.; Gallop, Jane, contributor.; Garber, Marjorie, contributor.; Jakobsen, Janet R., contributor.; Jenkins, B, contributor.; Kincaid, James R., contributor.; Kipnis, Laura, contributor.; Kitlinski, Tomasz, contributor.; Leszkowicz, Pawel, contributor.; Lockard, Joe, contributor.; Lumby, Catharine, contributor.; McElya, Micki, contributor.; Miller, Toby, contributor.; Moten, Frederick C., contributor.; Nelson, Dana D., contributor.; Smith, Anna Marie, contributor.; Torres, Sasha, contributor.; Weil Davis, Simone, contributor.; Willis, Ellen, contributor.; Zaretsky, Eli, contributor.
2001
E886.2 .O96 2001
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Our Monica, Ourselves : The Clinton Affair and the National Interest / ed. by Lauren Berlant, Lisa A. Duggan.
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9780814739280
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New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2001]
Copyright
©2001
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource
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10.18574/nyu/9780814739280.001.0001 doi
Call Number
E886.2 .O96 2001
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.929
Summary
Alongside the O.J. Simpson trial, the affair between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky now stands as the seminal cultural event of the 90s. Alternatively transfixed and repelled by this sexual scandal, confusion still reigns over its meanings and implications. How are we to make sense of a tale that is often wild and bizarre, yet replete with serious political and cultural implications? Our Monica, Ourselves provides a forum for thinking through the cultural, political, and public policy issues raised by the investigation, publicity, and Congressional impeachment proceedings surrounding the affair. It pulls this spectacle out of the framework provided by the conventions of the corporate news media, with its particular notions of what constitutes a newsworthy event. Drawing from a broad range of scholars, Our Monica, Ourselves considers Monica Lewinsky's Jewishness, Linda Tripp's face, the President's penis, the role of shame in public discourse, and what it's like to have sex as the president, as well as specific legal and historical issues at stake in the impeachment of Bill Clinton. Thoughtful but accessible, immediate yet far reaching, Our Monica, Ourselves will change the way we think about the Clinton affair, while helping us reimagine culture and politics writ large. Contributors include: Lauren Berlant, Eric O. Clarke, Ann Cvetkovich, Simone Weil Davis, Lisa Duggan, Jane Gallop, Marjorie Garber, Janet R. Jakobsen, James R. Kincaid, Laura Kipnis, Tomasz Kitlinski, Pawel Leszkowicz, Joe Lockard, Catharine Lumby, Toby Miller, Dana D. Nelson, Anna Marie Smith, Ellen Willis, and Eli Zaretsky.
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Berlant, Lauren, contributor.
Berlant, Lauren, editor.
Clarke, Eric O., contributor.
Curtain, Tyler, contributor.
Cvetkovich, Ann, contributor.
Duggan, Lisa A., editor.
Duggan, Lisa, contributor.
Gallop, Jane, contributor.
Garber, Marjorie, contributor.
Jakobsen, Janet R., contributor.
Jenkins, B, contributor.
Kincaid, James R., contributor.
Kipnis, Laura, contributor.
Kitlinski, Tomasz, contributor.
Leszkowicz, Pawel, contributor.
Lockard, Joe, contributor.
Lumby, Catharine, contributor.
McElya, Micki, contributor.
Miller, Toby, contributor.
Moten, Frederick C., contributor.
Nelson, Dana D., contributor.
Smith, Anna Marie, contributor.
Torres, Sasha, contributor.
Weil Davis, Simone, contributor.
Willis, Ellen, contributor.
Zaretsky, Eli, contributor.
Berlant, Lauren, editor.
Clarke, Eric O., contributor.
Curtain, Tyler, contributor.
Cvetkovich, Ann, contributor.
Duggan, Lisa A., editor.
Duggan, Lisa, contributor.
Gallop, Jane, contributor.
Garber, Marjorie, contributor.
Jakobsen, Janet R., contributor.
Jenkins, B, contributor.
Kincaid, James R., contributor.
Kipnis, Laura, contributor.
Kitlinski, Tomasz, contributor.
Leszkowicz, Pawel, contributor.
Lockard, Joe, contributor.
Lumby, Catharine, contributor.
McElya, Micki, contributor.
Miller, Toby, contributor.
Moten, Frederick C., contributor.
Nelson, Dana D., contributor.
Smith, Anna Marie, contributor.
Torres, Sasha, contributor.
Weil Davis, Simone, contributor.
Willis, Ellen, contributor.
Zaretsky, Eli, contributor.
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Sexual Cultures ; ; 37
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1. DEMOCRACY AND PRESIDENTIALISM
1. The Culture Wars of the 1960s and the Assault on the Presidency
2. The Symbolics of Presidentialism
Part 2. BODILY IMAGINARIES AND SEXUAL PRACTICES
3. The Face That Launched a Thousand Jokes
4. It's Not about Sex
5. The Door Ajar
6. Sex of a Kind
7. The First Penis Impeached
Part 3. FANTASIES OF RACE, CLASS, AND ETHNICITY
8. The Return of the Oppressed
9. Trashing the Presidency
10. Moniker
11. Monica Dreyfus
Part 4. FEMINISM AND SEXUAL POLITICS
12. The President's Penis
13. 'Tis Pity He's a Whore
14. Loose Lips
15. Sexuality's Archive
Part 5. ETHICS AND MORALITY
16. Sex and Civility
17. "He Has Wronged America and Women"
18. Sexual Risk Management in the Clinton White House
Contributors
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1. DEMOCRACY AND PRESIDENTIALISM
1. The Culture Wars of the 1960s and the Assault on the Presidency
2. The Symbolics of Presidentialism
Part 2. BODILY IMAGINARIES AND SEXUAL PRACTICES
3. The Face That Launched a Thousand Jokes
4. It's Not about Sex
5. The Door Ajar
6. Sex of a Kind
7. The First Penis Impeached
Part 3. FANTASIES OF RACE, CLASS, AND ETHNICITY
8. The Return of the Oppressed
9. Trashing the Presidency
10. Moniker
11. Monica Dreyfus
Part 4. FEMINISM AND SEXUAL POLITICS
12. The President's Penis
13. 'Tis Pity He's a Whore
14. Loose Lips
15. Sexuality's Archive
Part 5. ETHICS AND MORALITY
16. Sex and Civility
17. "He Has Wronged America and Women"
18. Sexual Risk Management in the Clinton White House
Contributors