Tara McPherson
Birth date: April 17, 1976
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Terrific, well-written story about a modern woman finding her place in the world. It may be the mother of all chick lit but it is a very well-crafted piece of frothy fun.
Reading this book made me come to the realization that1) I am v. much like Bridget Jones.2) Even though I could recognize the crazy behavior in this book, I totally understood it. 3) My friends and I really over think everything and looking at it from an outside perspective, we are insane. 4) I will...
Maybe I would have enjoyed this book more if I had been over the age of 9, and living in Britain, in 1996 when it was published. As it was, I spent a good deal of the time reading this book trying to decipher the Shallow, Bitchy, British slang, from 1996. American slang in the 90s was weird enough...
I don't think I'm actually going to read this.
Read about 6 of these essays, including the two opening introductory pieces by the editors -- which, avoiding manifesto, nonetheless map out a great, concise history of the field and in their view necessary complexities of cultural studies. Then, picking about, I read a few selections that enacted ...