The explanation for everything : essays on sexual subjectivity / Paul Morrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morrison, Paul (Paul A.)

Series:

Sexual cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality.

Homosexuality in literature.

Homosexuality in art.

Heterosexuality.

Physical Description:

ix, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2001]

Contents:

1 The Explanation for Everything (Bad) 1

2 Motion Pictures 17

i. Generic Bodies 19

ii. Novel Sensation 36

iii. Cut/Uncut 45

3 End Pleasure 54

i. The Wicked Queen's Anxieties 58

ii. Their Vehement Sexual Customs 63

iii. Radical Heterosexuality, Heterosexuality Manque 72

4 Coffee Table Sex 82

i. Photography Is Like Perversion 85

ii. The Sadomasochism of Everyday Life 94

iii. There Is Too Much Sexual Relation 102

5 Muscles 113

i. Matter and Ghost 116

ii. Face Value 119

iii. Phallic Subjectivity 132

6 Lavender Fascists 140

i. To Lose Both Parents 146

ii. There Are No Bad Heterosexuals 151

iii. Talk Grows of the Government Being Out to Get Blacks (Or, In Defense of Paranoia) 161.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-196) and index.

ISBN:

0814756735

0814756743

OCLC:

47271396