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Lauren Berlant papers, 1840-2015
The Lauren Berlant papers document her interest in the mechanisms of power relating to juridical and institutional "boundary-drawing" between public and private, white and non-white, and other types of socio-political relationships. These papers consist of diverse artifacts including published articles, unpublished creative-writing (poetry and prose), correspondence, conference notes, photographs, ephemera, syllabi and documents of relevance to her research and pedagogy on gender, sexuality, race and feminist theory. Many of the documents found in this collection are heavily annotated copies of Berlant's teaching materials for her courses on Afro-American Women Writers, Early American Novel, and Feminism and the Public Sphere. While many of the documents of Berlant's papers are photocopies of 19th and 20th century texts, the collection mainly consists of her work on feminism, gender, sexuality, and race from the 1980s to the early 2000s.Format(s):
Library: John John Hay, Collections Annex
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Access to the collection:
Online Catalog (BruKnow):
General description of the collection available on BruKnow
Lauren Berlant papers
Other Online Access:
RIAMCO: Guide to the Lauren Berlant papers
Related Collections:
Feminist Theory Archive
Notes:
The Lauren Berlant papers are part of the Feminist Theory Archive, established and curated by the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women.