Reading from Behind: A Cultural Analysis of the Anus

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?

Author: Jonathan A. Allan
Publisher: University of Regina Press
Published: 03/04/2016
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780889773844

Review Citation(s):
Quill & Quire 03/01/2016 pg. 36

About the Author

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.