TY - BOOK ID - 969404 TI - Our Monica, Ourselves : The Clinton Affair and the National Interest AU - Berlant, Lauren AU - Duggan, Lisa A. PY - 2001 SN - 0814798640 0814798659 0814739288 PB - New York, NY : New York University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Internal politics KW - Ethics of family. Ethics of sexuality KW - Lewinsky, Monica KW - Clinton, William KW - Clinton, Bill KW - Clinton, William J. KW - Impeachment KW - Lewinsky, Monica Samille KW - Culture conflict KW - United States KW - Sexual ethics KW - Social conditions KW - 1980 KW - -United States KW - Moral conditions KW - Politics and government KW - 1993-2001 KW - Sex KW - Sociological aspects KW - Political culture KW - Gender (Sex) KW - Human beings KW - Human sexuality KW - Sex (Gender) KW - Sexual behavior KW - Sexual practices KW - Sexuality KW - Sexology KW - Social aspects KW - Lewinsky, Monica S. KW - Clinton, Bill, KW - Blythe, William Jefferson, KW - Clinton, William Jefferson, KW - Kelindun, KW - Ḳlinṭon, Bil, KW - Klinton, Bill, KW - Klinton, Uilʹi︠a︡m Dzhefferson, KW - Klintūn, Bīl, KW - Kurinton, Biru, KW - Клинтон, Билл, KW - קלינטון, ביל, KW - كلينتون، بيل، KW - クリントン, ビル, KW - Impeachment. KW - Sexual behavior. KW - Moral conditions. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:969404 AB - 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. ER -