Focuses on the need to revitalise public life and political agency in the United States. Delivering a devastating critique of contemporary discourses of American citizenship, this title addresses the triumph of the idea of private life over that of public life borne in the right-wing agenda of the Reagan revolution.
Focuses on the need to revitalise public life and political agency in the United States. Delivering a devastating critique of contemporary discourses of American citizenship, this title addresses the triumph of the idea of private life over that of public life borne in the right-wing agenda of the Reagan revolution.
Lauren Berlant is Professor of English at the University of Chicago. She is coeditor of Critical Inquiry and Public Culture and author of The Anatomy of National Fantasy.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments vii Introduction: The Intimate Public Sphere 1 1 The Theory of Infantile Citizenship 25 2 Live Sex Acts (Parental Advisory: Explicit Material) 55 3 America, "Fat," the Fetus 83 4 Queer Nationality (written with Elizabeth Freeman) 145 5 The Face of America and the State of Emergency 175 6 The Queen of America Goes to Washington City: Notes on Diva Citizenship 221 7 Outtakes from the Citizenship Museum 247 Notes 261 Bibliography 289 Index 303
Acknowledgments vii Introduction: The Intimate Public Sphere 1 1 The Theory of Infantile Citizenship 25 2 Live Sex Acts (Parental Advisory: Explicit Material) 55 3 America, "Fat," the Fetus 83 4 Queer Nationality (written with Elizabeth Freeman) 145 5 The Face of America and the State of Emergency 175 6 The Queen of America Goes to Washington City: Notes on Diva Citizenship 221 7 Outtakes from the Citizenship Museum 247 Notes 261 Bibliography 289 Index 303
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