Beatriz preciados testo junkie the feminist press may very well be the most revolutionary queer text to hit bookstores since eve sedgwicks epistemology of the closet. Testo junkie is composed of two alternating strands, the first an explicitly autobiographical chronicle of preciados illicit experiences under the effects of her experimental protocole dintoxication volontaire preciado, 2008, p. Preciado paul b testo junkie sexo drogas e biopolitica na era farmacopornografica 2018. At the time of original french publication 2008, the author preferred the pronouns she and herhis and identified as both genders, using her. Preciados prose is psychedelic, hyperbolic maybe, but exciting, persuasive, and even consoling. In the text, preciado is the firstperson narrator bp, a parisbased philosopher who takes blackmarket. Ohmygoodness this is definitely on the top 5 list of best books ive ever read. Testo junkie by beatriz preciado, 9781558618374, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. An interview with nobody seems true of testo junkie s thesis. Preciado prefaces the book, stating this book is not a memoir but a bodyessay. B e a t riz p cd osp fl h y the body, gender theory, and history of performance at paris viii. Click on a datetime to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Beatriz preciado, multitudes queer, multitudes 12 printemps 2003. What we read and how we read can be discussed and reevaluated together at anytime. Sex, drugs, and biopolitics in the pharmacopornographic era, authorpaul b. Preciado leaves the identity politics of taking t to others, and instead, in the tradition of william s. Intoxication and toxicity in a pharmacopornographic era. Preciado testo junkie sex drugs and biopolitics in the. Johanna fateman, bookforum testo junkie is a wild ride.
Preciado the following 29 files are in this category, out of 29 total. Sex, drugs, and biopolitics in the pharmacopornographic era, translated from the french by bruce benderson and forthcoming from feminist press in september 20. Testo junkie is a wild and edifying ride, and presses hard on and sometimes through presumptions about gender, desire, feminism, lesbiangay intersections, and queer pasts, presents, and futures. The book was first published in france in 2008 and is only now being translated into english, by writerjournalisttranslator bruce benderson. Pulsing with ideas that come from preciados unique perspectives on queer politics and theory, testo junkie develops into an analysis of the cultural significance of the human body in an eray that she refers to as pharmacopornographic. I live in a world where many things i thought impossible are possible. Testo junkie published in english with the subtitle sex, drugs, and biopolitics in the pharmacopornographic era is a book, described as autotheory, by contemporary writer and philosopher paul b. Sex, drugs, and biopolitics eflux layout generator. Sex, drugs, and biopolitics in the pharmacopornographic era see other formats. Testo junkie sex, drugs, and biopolitics in the pharmacopornographic era.
We read a chapter before a session, in order to discuss and reread parts of the chapter together during the session. Sex, drugs, and biopolitics in the pharmacopornographic era i przedstawiona w nim teorie siebie selftheory jako wykraczajace poza tradycyjne rozumienie. Davina rated it really liked it dec 20, tawny rated it really liked it may 23, straddling between an angry recounting of a year of using testosterone as a grieving process, and a frenchphilosophy based critical theory book, presciado has certainly carved out a niche. Oliver bendorf rated it really liked it sep 29, how the text testo junkie was written. Helene vestergaard rated it really liked it nov 20, preciados testo junkie is for progressives and radicals on the left who are well read in feminist, psychoanalytic and queer theories. An interview with nobody seems true of testo junkies thesis. In this penetrating analysis of gender, beatriz preciado shows the ways in which the synthesis of hormones since the 1950s has fundamentally.
Part memoir what preciado classifies as autotheory, part queer theory. Sex, drugs and biopolitics in the pharmacopornographic era by beatriz preciado isbn. I think its still inadequate, too tender for the brutality of the century, too obviously selfish in the face of the impending collective suffering and the gradual disappearance of. Pulsing with ideas that come from preciado s unique perspectives on queer politics and theory, testo junkie develops into an analysis of the cultural significance of the human body in an eray that she refers to as pharmacopornographic. Simonig rated it really liked it dec 11, return to book page beatriz preciado. This riveting continuation of michel foucaults the history of sexuality also includes preciados. 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. Pdf on dec 1, 2016, karmele mendoza perez and others published preciado. Sex, drugs, and biopolitics in the pharmacopornographic era new york. Above all, the work is a piece of critical theory that concerns the impact synthetic hormones and the.
The first time i read it in french i couldnt fully appreciate its quite daring ideas. The proposal for the following sessions is to read testo junkie by paul b. The diaristic narrative elaborated in the work is punctuated by theorisation in a. Tatiana poggi rated it beatiz was amazing mar 10, trivia about testo junkie. Sex, drugs and biopolitics in the pharmacopornographic era is a testosterone fueled body essay, a work of autotheory that upends contemporary understandings of biopolitics and revels in the genderfucking experimentation of its author, paul b. And, in turn, the unexamined narratives are misogynistic in tone. Preciado s critique of the unpublished anus public. Preciado, first published in spanish in 2008 testo yonqui espasa calpe, then in english in 20 by the feminist press, translated by bruce benderson. Sex, drugs, and biopolitics in the pharmacopornographic era article pdf available september 2018 with 743 reads how we. Sex, drugs, and biopolitics in the pharmacopornographic. In april 2015, studies in gender and sexuality sgs and new york universitys center for the study of gender and sexuality csgs jointly rolled out the red carpet for a public forum on testo junkie and the challenges and prompts that text offers to psychoanalysis.
The operation of somatic translation takes the dildo out of the left arm operation. Its literary, academic, complex, riproaring, controversial, and often quite hot. Over the course of three days, we outline a genealogy of the. Sex, drugs, and biopolitics in the pharmacopornographic era. Its like judith butler on speed or maybe testosterone. I think its still inadequate, too tender for the brutality of the century, too obviously selfish in the face of the impending collective suffering and the gradual disappearance of the living.
She writes i dont take testosterone to transform myself into a man but to betray. Sex, drugs, and biopolitics in the pharmacopornographic era by beatriz preciado. W artykule autorka analizuje autobiograficzny esej paula b. Sex, drugs, and biopolitics in the pharmacopornographic era is, on the other hand, the realization of the notion hyperbolized in haraways essay. Preciado testo junkie sex drugs and biopolitics in the pharmacopornographic era free ebook download as pdf file. Testo junkie available for download and read online in other formats. Beatriz preciado manifesto contrasexual pdf manifiesto contrasexual by paul b. For one year beatriz preciado gave doses of testosterone to herself every day. Sex, drugs, and biopolitics in the pharmacopornographic era beatriz preciado 20. Technology is understood in large sense, from writing technologies, to biochemical and image production. Sex, drugs and biopolitics in the pharmacopornographic era is a testosterone fueled body essay, a work of autotheory that upends contemporary understandings of biopolitics and revels in the gender. Sex, drugs, and biopolitics in the pharmacopornographic era beatriz preciado 20 pdf. Burroughs, kathy acker, and jean genet, he conducts a wild textual experiment.
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