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March 6, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Shakespeare Scholar, "Simpsons" Defender
To Discuss Pop Culture and Globalization

NORTHAMPTON, Mass.--"Pop Culture in the Age of Globalization" will be the topic of a lecture by University of Virginia English professor Paul Cantor at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, March 11, in the Neilson Library Browsing Room at Smith College. The event-which will be followed by a reception-is free, open to the public and wheelchair accessible.


Cantor's talk will be based on his new book, "Gilligan Unbound: Pop Culture in the Age of Globalization" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2001), which the L.A. Times named one of the best works of non-fiction for 2001. "Gilligan Unbound" traces the waxing and waning of American faith in liberal democracy over four decades of television sit-coms and dramas, including "Gilligan's Island," "The Simpsons" and the "X-Files."


Cantor's talk at Smith will focus on "The Simpsons," which he states is actually a powerful defense of the nuclear family and local communities that has grown out of Americans' increasing disillusionment with national politics.


"Gilligan Unbound" can be purchased at the Grécourt Bookstore on Green St. in Northampton.


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