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1 online resource (158 pages) |
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data file rda |
| Summary |
"In 2008, JH Phrydas wrote a story about how bodies talk without words. He wanted the story to not just describe the silent ritual of nonverbal communication but to perform it. The interaction would be visceral - the exchange melancholic, yet full of lust. He wanted words to retain the unsayable: the subtle movements of a body in heat. In the years since, Phrydas kept rewriting this story, using different techniques, different syntaxes and forms, in hopes that he would find a successful method of gestural writing. Imperial Physique is a collection of these attempts. They explore the way our bodies hover between animal and human, civil and wild. The bleakness - and underlying verve - of imagining Western empires in decline serve as a backdrop for a lone figure searching city streets, decaying architecture, and sand dunes for some type of physical connection. What arises is the loss of - and longing for - touch at the edges of imperialism, historical violence, and personal shame." |
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English. |
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Queer studies.
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Gay culture.
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Sex -- Fiction.
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Gay studies (Gay men)
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Of specific Gay interest.
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Gay culture. (OCoLC)fst01201219
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Sex. (OCoLC)fst01114160
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies.
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| Indexed Term |
Cruising |
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Desire |
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LGBT studies |
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Queer studies |
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Sexuality |
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Theory fiction |
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Writing |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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| Standard No. |
10.21983/P3.0268.1.00 doi |
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