Our Monica, Ourselves - The Clinton Affair and the National Interest

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.

Summary

The affair between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky was a huge media story. This book provides a forum for assessing the cultural, political and public policy issues raised by the investigation, publicity and Congressional impeachment proceedings surrounding the affair.

Product details

• Authors: Diane Purkiss
• Assisted by: Lauren Berlant (Editor), Lauren Gail Berlant (Editor), Lisa Duggan (Editor), Lisa A Duggan (Editor), Lisa A. Duggan (Editor)
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2001
• EAN: 9780814798645
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-9864-5
• No. of pages: 349
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Series: Sexual Cultures; Sexual Cultures (Paperback); Sexual Cultures
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories