Reading from Behind: A Cultural Analysis of the Anus

By Jonathan A. Allan

Book Overview

'A serious work of theory.'
The Guardian

'Jonathan Allan has come up with a whole theory of the arsehole.'
Dazed and Confused

In a resolute deviation from the governing totality of the phallus, Reading from Behind offers a radical reorientation of the anus and its role in the collective imaginary.

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783607556
• ISBN13: 9781783607556
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"