"Steven Shaviro (born April 3, 1954) is an American cultural critic. His most widely read book is Doom Patrols, a \"theoretical fiction\" that outlines the state of postmodernism during the early 1990s, using poetic language, personal anecdotes, and creative prose. Additionally, Shaviro has written a book about film theory, The Cinematic Body, which examines the dominance of Lacanian tropes in contemporary academic film theory."@en . . "1954-04-03Z"^^ . "1954Z"^^ . "American cultural critic" . . "Shaviro, Steven"@en .