Marjorie Garber (born June 11, 1944) is an American professor at

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and the author of a wide variety of books, most notably ones about

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and aspects of popular culture including

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Biography

She wrote ''Vested Interests: Cross-Dressing and Cultural Anxiety'', a ground breaking theoretical work on

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's contribution to culture. Other works include ''Sex and Real Estate: Why We Love Houses'', ''Academic Instincts'', ''Vice Versa:

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and the

Eroticism Eroticism () is a quality that causes sexual feelings, as well as a philosophical contemplation concerning the aesthetics of sexual desire, sensuality, and romantic love. That quality may be found in any form of artwork, including painting, ...

of Everyday Life'', ''Shakespeare After All'', and ''Dog Love''. Her book ''Shakespeare After All'' (Pantheon, 2004) was chosen one of ''

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''′s ten best nonfiction books of the year, and was awarded the 2005 Christian Gauss Book Award from

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. She was educated at

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(B.A., 1966; L.H.D., 2004 onorary and

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the w ...

(Ph.D., 1969).

Selected bibliography

* * Shakespeare's Ghost Writers: Literature as Uncanny Causality.

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. 2010. * * * * * * * * * * * * *

References

External links

Marjorie Garber's home page

Interview
with

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