Lauren Berlant
Born: October 31, 1957
Died: June 28, 2021 (aged 63)
Bio: Lauren Gail Berlant was an American scholar, cultural theorist, and author. Berlant was the George M. Pullman Distinguished Service Professor of English at the University of Chicago, where they[a] taught from 1984 until 2021. Berlant wrote and taught issues of intimacy and belonging in popular culture, in relation to the history and fantasy of citizenship.
Known for:
- Cruel Optimism (2011)
- The female complaint (2008)
- The queen of America goes to Washington city (1997)
- Sex, Or the Unbearable (2013)
- The anatomy of national fantasy (1991)