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PublisherFeminist Press at T.H.E. City University of New York

ISBN-101558618376

ISBN-139781558618374

eBay Product ID (ePID)159988809

Product Key Features

Book TitleTesto Junkie : Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era

Number of Pages429 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2013

TopicLgbt Studies / General, Gender Studies, Men's Studies, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Women's Studies, Human Sexuality (See Also Social Science / Human Sexuality)

IllustratorYes

GenreSocial Science, Psychology, Medical

AuthorPaul B. Preciado

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight16.2 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2013-017587

Reviews" Testo Junkie is a wild ride. Preciado leaves the identity politics of taking T to others, and instead, in the tradition of William S. Burroughs, Kathy Acker, and Jean Genet, he conducts a wild textual experiment. The results are spectacular . . . The gendered body will never be the same again."-- Jack Halberstam, author of The Queer Art of Failure "Paul B. Preciado's brilliant book oscillates between high theory and the surging rush of testosterone. Flush with elegant theoretical formulations, lascivious sex narratives, and astute histories of gender, Testo Junkie is a key text to comprehend the deep interconnectedness of sex and drugs today."-- Jos Esteban Muoz, author of Cruising Utopia, " Testo Junkie is a wild ride. Preciado leaves the identity politics of taking T to others, and instead, in the tradition of William S. Burroughs, Kathy Acker, and Jean Genet, he conducts a wild textual experiment. The results are spectacular . . . The gendered body will never be the same again."-- Jack Halberstam, author of The Queer Art of Failure "Paul B. Preciado's brilliant book oscillates between high theory and the surging rush of testosterone. Flush with elegant theoretical formulations, lascivious sex narratives, and astute histories of gender, Testo Junkie is a key text to comprehend the deep interconnectedness of sex and drugs today."-- José Esteban Muñoz, author of Cruising Utopia, Praise for Testo Junkie "Testo Junkie is an arresting hybrid work: a philosophical treatise and a literary homage embedded in a sexually explicit drug diary addressed to a ghost. Preciado's prose is psychedelic, hyperbolic maybe, but exciting, persuasive, and even consoling." --Johanna Fateman, Bookforum "Testo Junkie is a wild ride. Preciado leaves the identity politics of taking T to others, and instead, in the tradition of William S. Burroughs, Kathy Acker, and Jean Genet, he conducts a wild textual experiment. The results are spectacular . . . The gendered body will never be the same again." --Jack Halberstam, author of The Queer Art of Failure "Paul B. Preciado's brilliant book oscillates between high theory and the surging rush of testosterone. Flush with elegant theoretical formulations, lascivious sex narratives, and astute histories of gender, Testo Junkie is a key text to comprehend the deep interconnectedness of sex and drugs today." --José Esteban Muñoz, author of Cruising Utopia, Testo Junkie is a wild ride. Preciado leaves the identity politics of taking T to others, and instead, in the tradition of William S. Burroughs, Kathy Acker, and Jean Genet, s/he conducts a wild textual experiment. The results are spectacular . . . The gendered body will never be the same again."— Jack Halberstam, author of The Queer Art of Failure Beatriz Preciado's brilliant book oscillates between high theory and the surging rush of testosterone. Flush with elegant theoretical formulations, lascivious sex narratives, and astute histories of gender, Testo Junkie is a key text to comprehend the deep interconnectedness of sex and drugs today."— José Esteban Muñoz, author of Cruising Utopia, "Testo Junkie is an arresting hybrid work: a philosophical treatise and a literary homage embedded in a sexually explicit drug diary addressed to a ghost. Preciado's prose is psychedelic, hyperbolic maybe, but exciting, persuasive, and even consoling." --Johanna Fateman, Bookforum "Testo Junkie is a wild ride. Preciado leaves the identity politics of taking T to others, and instead, in the tradition of William S. Burroughs, Kathy Acker, and Jean Genet, he conducts a wild textual experiment. The results are spectacular . . . The gendered body will never be the same again." --Jack Halberstam, author of The Queer Art of Failure "Paul B. Preciado's brilliant book oscillates between high theory and the surging rush of testosterone. Flush with elegant theoretical formulations, lascivious sex narratives, and astute histories of gender, Testo Junkie is a key text to comprehend the deep interconnectedness of sex and drugs today." --José Esteban Muñoz, author of Cruising Utopia, Testo Junkie is a wild ride. Preciado leaves the identity politics of taking T to others, and instead, in the tradition of William S. Burroughs, Kathy Acker, and Jean Genet, he conducts a wild textual experiment. The results are spectacular . . . The gendered body will never be the same again."— Jack Halberstam, author of The Queer Art of Failure Paul B. Preciado's brilliant book oscillates between high theory and the surging rush of testosterone. Flush with elegant theoretical formulations, lascivious sex narratives, and astute histories of gender, Testo Junkie is a key text to comprehend the deep interconnectedness of sex and drugs today."— José Esteban Muñoz, author of Cruising Utopia, "Testo Junkie is a wild ride. Preciado leaves the identity politics of taking T to others, and instead, in the tradition of William S. Burroughs, Kathy Acker, and Jean Genet, he conducts a wild textual experiment. The results are spectacular . . . The gendered body will never be the same again."--Jack Halberstam, author of The Queer Art of Failure "Paul B. Preciado's brilliant book oscillates between high theory and the surging rush of testosterone. Flush with elegant theoretical formulations, lascivious sex narratives, and astute histories of gender, Testo Junkie is a key text to comprehend the deep interconnectedness of sex and drugs today."--Jos Esteban Muoz, author of Cruising Utopia, " Testo Junkie is a wild ride. Preciado leaves the identity politics of taking T to others, and instead, in the tradition of William S. Burroughs, Kathy Acker, and Jean Genet, s/he conducts a wild textual experiment. The results are spectacular . . . The gendered body will never be the same again."-- Jack Halberstam, author of The Queer Art of Failure "Beatriz Preciado's brilliant book oscillates between high theory and the surging rush of testosterone. Flush with elegant theoretical formulations, lascivious sex narratives, and astute histories of gender, Testo Junkie is a key text to comprehend the deep interconnectedness of sex and drugs today."-- José Esteban Muñoz, author of Cruising Utopia, "Testo Junkie is a wild ride. Preciado leaves the identity politics of taking T to others, and instead, in the tradition of William S. Burroughs, Kathy Acker, and Jean Genet, he conducts a wild textual experiment. The results are spectacular . . . The gendered body will never be the same again."--Jack Halberstam, author of The Queer Art of Failure "Paul B. Preciado's brilliant book oscillates between high theory and the surging rush of testosterone. Flush with elegant theoretical formulations, lascivious sex narratives, and astute histories of gender, Testo Junkie is a key text to comprehend the deep interconnectedness of sex and drugs today."--José Esteban Muñoz, author of Cruising Utopia

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal306.76092

Table Of ContentIntroduction 1. Your Death 2. THE PHARMACOPORNOGRAPHIC ERA 3. TESTOGEL 4. HISTORY OF TECHNOSEXUALITY 5. IN WHICH THE BODY OF VD BECOMES AN ELEMENT IN AN EXPERIMENTAL CONTEXT 6. TECHNOGENDER 7. BECOMING T 8. PHARMACOPOWER 9. TESTO-MANIA 10. PORNPOWER 11. JIMI AND ME 12. THE MICROPOLITICS OF GENDER IN THE PHARMACOPORNOGRAPHIC ERA:EXPERIMENTATION, VOLUNTARY INTOXICATION, MUTATION 13. ETERNAL LIFE

SynopsisWhat constitutes a "real" man or woman in the twenty-first century? Since birth control pills, erectile dysfunction remedies, and factory-made testosterone and estrogen were developed, biology is definitely no longer destiny. In this penetrating analysis of gender, Paul B. Preciado shows the ways in which the synthesis of hormones since the 1950s has fundamentally changed how gender and sexual identity are formulated, and how the pharmaceutical and pornography industries are in the business of creating desire. This riveting continuation of Michel Foucault's The History of Sexuality also includes Preciado's diaristic account of his own use of testosterone every day for one year, and its mesmerizing impact on his body as well as his imagination., This visionary book on gender and sexuality weaves together high theory and intimate memoir, with "spectacular" results--"and the gendered body will never be the same again" (Jack Halberstam). What constitutes a "real" man or woman in the twenty-first century? Since birth control pills, erectile dysfunction remedies, and factory-made testosterone and estrogen were developed, biology is definitely no longer destiny. In this penetrating analysis of gender, Paul B. Preciado shows the ways in which the synthesis of hormones since the 1950s has fundamentally changed how gender and sexual identity are formulated, and how the pharmaceutical and pornography industries are in the business of creating desire. This riveting continuation of Michel Foucault's The History of Sexuality also includes Preciado's diaristic account of his own use of testosterone every day for one year, and its mesmerizing impact on his body as well as his imagination.

LC Classification NumberHQ77.8