Partisan Sex
Bodies, Politics, and the Law in the Clinton Era
©2009
Monographs
XII,
203 Pages
Series:
Major Concepts in Politics and Political Theory, Volume 27
Summary
Sex, politics, and the law characterized the Clinton era, which began with the emergence of Bill Clinton as a presidential candidate with a train of sex scandals and ended with the attacks of September 11, 2001. The Monica Lewinsky affair was the climax of the phenomenon, and the resulting scandal had far-reaching effects. Politics became the language and the means for battles over sex. Sex and politics became metaphors for each other as American society struggled to come to terms with its sexual and political anxieties. Partisan Sex: Bodies, Politics, and the Law in the Clinton Era explores the high-cultural anxieties of the left and the masculinity hang-ups of the right, the exploitation of romance imagery and hot sauce bottles, the obsessions with Hillary Clinton’s breakfasts, and the rise of a society of voyeurs.
Details
- Pages
- XII, 203
- Publication Year
- 2009
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9781433105425
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Clinton Hillary Clinton Lewinsky Impeachment Starr France Politische Kultur Geschichte 1993-2001 Lewinsky, Monica Liebesbeziehung Clinton, Bill USA Fantasies
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2009. XII, 203 pp.
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