A01=Marjorie Garber
anxieties in contemporary cultural theory
Author_Marjorie Garber
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cultural semiotics
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feminist psychoanalysis
modern subjectivity studies
performative identity formation
performativity theory
social anxiety analysis
Product details
- ISBN 9780415918596
- Weight: 589g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 08 Apr 1998
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The symptoms of culture are the anxieties that underlie modern life: the instability of gender roles, the mysteries of female sexuality, the enigma of authority, the desire for greatness in ourselves and our heroes. From concern over fake orgasms to our worries about Great Books reading lists, from wanting God on our side at sports contests to wanting Shakespeare on our side whenever we want to sound important, we are a walking case of symptoms. Whatever the modern illness may be, the doctor locates the symptoms in a box of Jello or in Charlotte's marvelous web, on the football field or in the bedroom, in our great Mr. Shakespeare, in our classroom or the courtroom, or in a sneeze.
Marjorie Garber is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and Director of the Center for Literary and Cultural Studies at Harvard. Among her books are VestedInterests, Coming of Age in Shakespeare, and Shakespeare's Ghost Writers, all available from Routledge.
