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Michael Warner

Michael David Warner (born 1958) is an American literary critic, social theorist, and Seymour H. Knox Professor of English Literature and American Studies at Yale University. He also writes for Artforum, The Nation, The Advocate, and The Village Voice. He is the author of Publics and Counterpublics, The Trouble with Normal: Sex, Politics, and the Ethics…

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Alma mater
University of Wisconsin–Madison · Johns Hopkins University
Born
Michael David Warner (1958-09-09) September 9, 1958 (age 67)
Discipline
Literature · American studies
Institutions
Northwestern University · Rutgers University · Yale University
Notable works
The Trouble with Normal (1999) · Publics and Counterpublics (2002)
Sub-discipline
American literature · literary criticism · queer theory · social theory

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Michael Warner

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Michael Warner

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related to Edited volumes · 30
Michael Warner → America, American Sermons, Craig Calhoun, Documentary Anthology, Edited, Fear, Gerald Graff, Harvard University Press, Jonathan VanAntwerpenThe Portable Walt, Jr, Library, Literary Studies, Martin Luther King, Minneapolis, Minnesota Press, Myra Jehlen, New York, Penguin, Queer Planet, Queer Politics
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Michael Warner → American literature, literary criticism, queer theory, social theory
Institutions · 3
Michael Warner → Northwestern University, Rutgers University, Yale University
Alma mater · 2
Michael Warner → Johns Hopkins University, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Discipline · 2
Michael Warner → American studies, Literature
Notable works · 2
Michael Warner → Publics and Counterpublics (2002), The Trouble with Normal (1999)
Born · 1
Michael Warner → Michael David Warner (1958-09-09) September 9, 1958 (age 67)
Thesis · 1
Michael Warner → The Letters of the Republic (1986)

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Michael WarnerAlma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison1.00infobox
Michael WarnerAlma materJohns Hopkins University1.00infobox
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Michael WarnerDisciplineLiterature1.00infobox
Michael WarnerDisciplineAmerican studies1.00infobox
Michael WarnerInstitutionsNorthwestern University1.00infobox
Michael WarnerInstitutionsRutgers University1.00infobox
Michael WarnerInstitutionsYale University1.00infobox
Michael WarnerNotable worksThe Trouble with Normal (1999)1.00infobox
Michael WarnerNotable worksPublics and Counterpublics (2002)1.00infobox
Michael WarnerSub-disciplineAmerican literature1.00infobox
Michael WarnerSub-disciplineliterary criticism1.00infobox
Michael WarnerSub-disciplinequeer theory1.00infobox
Michael WarnerSub-disciplinesocial theory1.00infobox
Michael WarnerThesisThe Letters of the Republic (1986)1.00infobox

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