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  • Uncut

    A Cultural Analysis of the Foreskin

    by Jonathan A Allan ...
    Series series The Exquisite Corpse
    Uncut explores the significance of the foreskin in contemporary cultureThe “uncut” penis is viewed by some as attractive or erotic, and by others as ugly or undesirable. Secular parents of male infants worry about whether or not the foreskin should be removed so their little boy can grow up to “look like dad” or to avoid imagined bullying in the locker room. Medical experts and public health ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • An Education in Sexuality and Sociality

    Heteronormativity on Campus

    by Frank G. Karioris ...
    While hook-up culture on university campuses represents a part of the story, it is only part of the story. It is important to add to this and investigate the way the university itself brokers and seeks out specific forms of sexuality, sex, and connection amongst students. This booksheds light on how the university as an institution endorses certain forms of sociality, sexuality, and coupling, ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Men, Masculinities, and Popular Romance

    by Jonathan A. Allan ...
    Series series Masculinity, Sex and Popular Culture
    Men, Masculinities, and Popular Romance seeks to open a lively and accessible discussion between critical studies of men and masculinities and popular romance studies, especially its continued interest in what Janice Radway has called "the purity of his maleness."Popular romance novels, perhaps more than any other genre, explore sexuality and gender, creating an ideal space in which to consider ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Reading from Behind

    A Cultural Analysis of the Anus

    by Jonathan A. Allan ...
    Series Book 1 - The Exquisite Corpse
    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 addresses this question in a playful, yet scholarly exploration of everything from porn to poetry, from Brokeback Mountain to Myra Breckinridge, democratizing the anus as a site of necessity and as a location of pleasure. ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Virgin Envy

    The Cultural (In)Significance of the Hymen

    Edited by Jonathan A. Allan, Cristina Santos-Walkes, Adriana Spahr ...
    Series Book 2 - The Exquisite Corpse
    Virgin Envy sets out to re-conceive the ways that we describe and relate to virginity as a cultural construct. Who is a virgin? How do we lose our virginities? What if we regret our "first time"?Contributors to Virgin Envy everything from medieval romance to Bollywood films to Twilight and True Blood, to destabilize the many assumptions about sexual purity. In particular, the hymen is called into ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Men, Masculinities, and Infertilities

    by Jonathan A. Allan ...
    Series series
    Drawing on diverse examples from literature, film, memoirs, and popular culture, Men, Masculinities, and Infertilities analyses cultural representations of male infertility.Going beyond the biomedical and sociological towards interdisciplinary cultural studies, this book studies depictions of men’s infertility. It includes fictional representations alongside memoirs, newspaper articles, ... Read more

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