Bruce Robbins, editor

The Phantom Public Sphere

 

In a postmodern society, can we still speak meaningfully of a public sphere? The contributors address this question by presenting the public sphere and the public/private opposition as a truly interdisciplinary field of inquiry. Among the issues discussed are Jesse Helms's censorship campaign and the televised Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas Senate hearings.

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336 pages 4 photos (1993)
Cultural Politics Series, volume 5