Reading from Behind: A Cultural Analysis of the Anus'A serious work of theory.' ‘Jonathan Allan has come up with a whole theory of the arsehole.’ It exposes what is deeply hidden in our cultural production, and challenges the authority of paranoid, critical thought. A beautiful work that invites us beyond the rejection of phallocentricism, to a new way of being and thinking about sex, culture and identity. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | |
An Entryway | |
Anne Teninos Frat Boy and Toppy | |
Orienting Brokeback Mountain | |
Spanking Colonialism | |
Unlocking Delmira Agustinis El Intruso | |
Shameful Matrophilia in Doņa Herlinda y su hijo | |
Vengeful Vidal Notes | |
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