Studies in Crap: The Politics of Meaning
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from area basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power.
The Politics of Meaning
Author: Daniel Graham, Jr.
Publisher: Preview Press
Date: 1995
Discovered at: Family Thrift on Truman Road
The Cover Promises: Punch-and-Judy puppet violence between Bill Clinton and Joan Rivers. The back cover is more clear about this feeble satire of Arkansas politics: “From college days to the pinnacle of power, Jim Potter and Leslie Rhodes lay waste to their enemies (and friends alike) as they pursue The Politics of Meaning. But can they keep their political marriage alive?”
Representative Quotes:
page 44: “’We’ve got a shot at real power, big bucks, and all the personal freedom a man or woman could ask for. What do you say? Until now, we’ve only been on the outside looking in. Marry me and you’ll have your first shot at the inside, where you can make policy.’”
page 59: “Leslie admired the muscle tone of Hebe’s arms, legs, and back, combined with the feminine roundness of her breasts and buttocks.”
