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Since we all have one and use it every day, why is it that people squirm when the anus is mentioned? In Reading from Behind, Jonathan Allan addresses this question in a playful, yet scholarly exploration of everything from porn to poetry, from Brokeback Mountain to Myra Breckinridge, democratizing the anus as a site of necessity and as a location of pleasure.
Price: $29.95
Publisher: University of Regina Press
Imprint: University of Regina Press
Publication Date:
04 March 2016
Trim Size: 9.02 X 6.02 in
ISBN: 9780889773844
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBT Studies / Gay Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory
"A remarkably fresh and original contribution. With Reading from Behind, Allan emerges as a widely respected critical voice of his generation"
— David William Foster, author of Sexual Textualities
"An excellent read not just about the 'behind,' but about representation and the meaning-making we do about the human body, and more specifically, about masculinity, sexuality, power, and relationships. This book is for anyone coming to grips with the complexity of gender and sexuality."
— Robert Heasley, co-author of Sexual Lives
— David William Foster, author of Sexual Textualities
"An excellent read not just about the 'behind,' but about representation and the meaning-making we do about the human body, and more specifically, about masculinity, sexuality, power, and relationships. This book is for anyone coming to grips with the complexity of gender and sexuality."
— Robert Heasley, co-author of Sexual Lives
Jonathan A. Allan is Canada Research Chair in Queer Theory and Assistant Professor of Gender and Women's Studies at Brandon University. He is at work on his second book, Uncut: The Foreskin Archive.