Lauren Berlant

Lauren Gail Berlant (October 31, 1957 – June 28, 2021) was an American scholar and cultural theorist regarded as "one of the most esteemed and influential literary and cultural critics in the United States." 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.