TY - JOUR
T1 - Feeling the nation, mining the archive
T2 - Reflections on lauren berlant's Queen of America
AU - Sturken, Marita
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - This essay engages with Lauren Berlant's 2007 book, The Queen of America Goes to Washington City, as a key text in the trajectory of cultural studies scholarship and the emergence of affect theory. It analyzes Berlant's concepts of infantile citizenship, the affective relationship to the nation, the intimate public sphere, the emergence of a national sexuality, and the counter-practices of "Diva" citizenship. The essay argues that Queen of America is a pivotal book in cultural studies scholarship for understanding nationalism, political agency, and the individual, intimate impact of mass culture.
AB - This essay engages with Lauren Berlant's 2007 book, The Queen of America Goes to Washington City, as a key text in the trajectory of cultural studies scholarship and the emergence of affect theory. It analyzes Berlant's concepts of infantile citizenship, the affective relationship to the nation, the intimate public sphere, the emergence of a national sexuality, and the counter-practices of "Diva" citizenship. The essay argues that Queen of America is a pivotal book in cultural studies scholarship for understanding nationalism, political agency, and the individual, intimate impact of mass culture.
KW - Affect
KW - Citizenship
KW - Nation
KW - Public
KW - Queer
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U2 - 10.1080/14791420.2012.741099
DO - 10.1080/14791420.2012.741099
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84870575785
SN - 1479-1420
VL - 9
SP - 353
EP - 364
JO - Communication and Critical/ Cultural Studies
JF - Communication and Critical/ Cultural Studies
IS - 4
ER -