Reading from Behind

A Cultural Analysis of the Anus

By: Jonathan A. Allan

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Hardcover | 4 March 2016

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288 Pages

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22.8 x 0.6 x 15.2

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In a playful, yet scholarly romp through "low" and "high" culture, Jonathan Allan asks why--since we all have one and use it every day--do we squirm at the mere mention of the anus? How is it that Kim Kardashian's derriere can break the internet, Pippa Middleton's behind can create a "butt lift" craze, and yet we cannot handle a discussion of anality? And why, given that we all have one, has the anus been caught up in the very "ground zero of gayness"?

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"Entertaining and informative." Merrill Cole, author of The Other Orpheus: A Poetics of Modern Homosexuality
"Reorients studies of anality." Todd Reeser, author of Moderating Masculinity in Early Modern Culture and Masculinities in Theory
"Allan's ambitious and controversial research project on anal erotics is a remarkably fresh and original contribution. With Reading from Behind, Allan will emerge as a widely respected critical voice of his generation." David Wallace Foster, author of Sexual Texualities: Essays on Queer/ing Latin American Writing and Gay and Lesbian Themes in Latin American Writing

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