Testo Junkie by Beatriz Preciado

Testo Junkie by Beatriz Preciado

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.

Paul B.Preciado is the author of several books, including the Sade Prize-winning Counter-Sexual Manifesto, Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics, and Pornotopia. He lives in Paris, France, and is the Curator of Public Programs at the Palais de Tokyo.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781558618374
ISBN 10	1558618376
Title	Testo Junkie
Author	Beatriz Preciado
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Feminist Press at The City University of New York
Year published	2013-10-31
Number of pages	432
Prizes	Commended for Lambda Literary Awards (Transgender Nonfiction) 2014
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.