Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays

by Camille Paglia

Paperback, 1992

Status

Checked out

Genres

Publication

Vintage (1992), Edition: 1, Paperback, 337 pages

Description

A collection of twenty of Paglia's out-spoken essays on contemporary issues in America's ongoing cultural debate such as Anita Hill, Robert Mapplethorpe, the beauty myth, and the decline of education in America.

User reviews

LibraryThing member kencf0618

Paglia's M.I.T. lecture alone is worth the price of the book!

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LibraryThing member Cecilturtle

Rehash in shorter version of Sexual Personae

LibraryThing member ritaer

essays on literature and politics

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Subjects

Popular culture United States History

Original publication date

1992-09

Physical description

352 p.; 5.2 inches

ISBN

0679741011 / 9780679741015

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