{"product_id":"is-the-rectum-a-grave-leo-bersani-9780226043524","title":"Is the Rectum a Grave?: And Other Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the course of a distinguished career, critic Leo Bersani has tackled a range of issues in his writing, and this collection gathers together some of his finest work. Beginning with one of the foundations of queer theory--his famous meditation on how sex leads to a shattering of the self, \"Is the Rectum a Grave?\"--this volume charts the inspired connections Bersani has made between sexuality, psychoanalysis, and aesthetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of these essays, Bersani grapples with thinkers ranging from Plato to Descartes to Georg Simmel. Foucault and Freud recur as key figures, and although Foucault rejected psychoanalysis, Bersani contends that by considering his ideas alongside Freud's, one gains a clearer understanding of human identity and how we relate to one another. For Bersani, art represents a crucial guide for conceiving new ways of connecting to the world, and so, in many of these essays, he stresses the importance of aesthetics, analyzing works by Genet, Caravaggio, Proust, Almodóvar, and Godard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDocumenting over two decades in the life of one of the best minds working in the humanities today, \u003ci\u003eIs the Rectum a Grave? and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique opportunity to explore the fruitful career of a formidable intellect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leo Bersani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226043525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226043524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/29\/2010 pg. 15","brand":"Leo Bersani","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086389653759,"sku":"9780226043524","price":101.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f335c891-7aa8-4e2d-afe7-56c199723688.jpg?v=1769094400","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/is-the-rectum-a-grave-leo-bersani-9780226043524","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}