The Starr Report Disrobed / / Fedwa Malti-Douglas.

"What is this strange book" asks Fedwa Malti-Douglas, "that can bring the American presidency to its knees?" In this probing study of Kenneth W. Starr's influential and historic work, she reveals how The Starr Report exposed the cultural tendencies, desires, and taboos of Am...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2000]
©2000
Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Mighty Morphin Report
  • 2. Organization as Obsession
  • 3. He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not: The Geographies of Lust
  • 4. The Great Facilitator; or, How to "Currie" Favor
  • 5. Are We Having Fun Yet?
  • 6. Fall Into the Gap; or, The Starr Report Introduces Popeye to Bill Clinton
  • 7. How Is a Sexual Encounter a Sexual Encounter?
  • 8. "I Love the Narrative!"
  • 9. My Body, My Gender
  • 10. An American Postmodern
  • Conclusion: The President's Two Bodies and the Politics of Masquerade
  • Index