Our Monica, ourselves
Subtitle: the Clinton affair and the national interest
By: edited by Lauren Berlant and Lisa Duggan.
Contributors: Berlant, Lauren Gail, 1957-; Duggan, Lisa, 1954-
Series: Sexual cultures
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
Subjects: Clinton, Bill, 1946- -- Sexual behavior; Clinton, Bill, 1946- -- Impeachment; Lewinsky, Monica S. 1973-; Political culture -- United States; Culture conflict -- United States; Sex -- Social aspects -- United States; Sexual ethics -- United States; United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-; United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001; United States -- Moral conditions
Description: 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. -- Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.