{"product_id":"absolute-pleasure-margot-atwell-9781558613508","title":"Absolute Pleasure: Queer Reflections on Rocky Horror","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince its earliest midnight showings at the Waverly Theater in New York City, \u003ci\u003eThe Rocky Horror Picture Show\u003c\/i\u003e has been an underground sensation. For five decades, people around the world have dressed up and gathered in dark theaters to dance, yell, mime obscene acts, and forge connections with other queer people and weirdos.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe film shattered expectations and social norms at the time of its release. But how does its presentation of queerness--not to mention its portrayals of murder, manipulation, consent violation, and cannibalism--hold up today? The essays in \u003ci\u003eAbsolute Pleasure\u003c\/i\u003e--by queer writers including Sarah Gailey, Grace Lavery, and Magdalene Visaggio--explore the film's complicated legacy, along with queer and trans joy, sexuality, family, generational understandings of queerness, and what we do with our problematic faves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margot Atwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1558613501\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558613508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Margot Atwell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46795310530815,"sku":"9781558613508","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a6ef7e8d-f858-479a-ab5d-91cd80c30d71.jpg?v=1744947222","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/absolute-pleasure-margot-atwell-9781558613508","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}