{"product_id":"testo-junkie-paul-b-preciado-9781558618374","title":"Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis visionary book on gender and sexuality weaves together high theory and intimate memoir, with \"spectacular\" results--\"and the gendered body will never be the same again\" (Jack Halberstam). \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 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 \u003cem\u003eThe History of Sexuality\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul B. Preciado\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1558618376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558618374\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\/17\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/26\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2013 pg. 118","brand":"Paul B. Preciado","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052195442943,"sku":"9781558618374","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_272b8715-dab9-4066-9afd-8a91a9ada321.jpg?v=1685017473","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/testo-junkie-paul-b-preciado-9781558618374","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}