author : Camille PagliaCamille Paglia is University Professor of Humanities and Media Studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She is the author ofSexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson;Sex, Art, and American Culture; andVamps \u0026amp; Tramps: New Essays. She has also writtenThe Birds, a study of Alfred Hitchcock. She lives in Philadelphia. From the Hardcover edition.