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Lauren Berlant
American academic and author (1957-2021) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 63
Lauren Gail Berlant was an American scholar, cultural theorist, and author who is regarded as "one of the most esteemed and influential literary and cultural critics in the United States."
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Berlant was the George M. Pullman Distinguished Service Professor of English at the University of Chicago, where they taught from 1984 until 2021. Berlant wrote and taught about issues of intimacy and belonging in popular culture, in relation to the history and fantasy of citizenship.