Publics and Counterpublics (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Michael Warner
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Literary history, media, psychology, sociology, and women’s issues
- Genres: Nonfiction, Essays, Women’s literature, Sociology, Psychology
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Politics, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Psychology or psychologists, Women’s issues, Political science, Mass media, Learning or scholarship
The notion of “a” public or “the” public seems fairly straightforward. In defining the noun “public,” contemporary dictionaries generally refer to three often overlapping yet contrasting constituencies: the people or the community as a whole; a group of people sharing a common interest; and the fans or admirers of a famous person. However, students of humanistic and social science disciplines such as cultural studies, communications studies, and political science know that what seems to be common sense in the vernacular becomes problematic when they attempt to calibrate and...
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