Reading from behind: a cultural analysis of the anus
by Jonathan A. Allan
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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 explores this question and more in a playful, yet scholarly exploration of everything from porn to poetry.Tags
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Jonathan A. Allan is the Canada Research Chair in Queer Theory and Assistant Professor of Gender and Women's Studies at Brandon University. He received his PhD from the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto. He was the co-author, with Elizabeth Nelson, of Inversions of Power and Paradox: Studies of Monstrosity and is the show more author of Reading from Behind: A Cultural Analysis of the Anus. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Reading from behind: a cultural analysis of the anus
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- 2016
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- Nonfiction, Sexuality and Gender Studies, Literature Studies and Criticism
- DDC/MDS
- 306.4 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social Behavior - Dating, Marriage, Divorce Specific aspects of culture
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- GN298 .A453 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Anthropology Anthropology Physical anthropology. Somatology
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