02616oam 22005534a 450 991035018890332120230621140809.01-950192-54-710.21983/P3.0268.1.00(CKB)4100000009845546(OAPEN)1006335(OCoLC)1135845484(MdBmJHUP)muse81976(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/27241(oapen)doab27241(EXLCZ)99410000000984554620191021d2019 uy 0enguuuuu---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierImperial PhysiqueJH PhrydasBrooklyn, NYpunctum books2019Santa Barbara :Punctum Books,2019.©2019.1 online resource (154 pages) illustrations; PDF, digital file(s)1-950192-53-9 Includes bibliographical references."In 2008, JH Phrydas wrote a story about how bodies talk without words. He wanted the story to not just describe the silent ritual of nonverbal communication but to perform it. The interaction would be visceral - the exchange melancholic, yet full of lust. He wanted words to retain the unsayable: the subtle movements of a body in heat. In the years since, Phrydas kept rewriting this story, using different techniques, different syntaxes and forms, in hopes that he would find a successful method of gestural writing. Imperial Physique is a collection of these attempts. They explore the way our bodies hover between animal and human, civil and wild. The bleakness - and underlying verve - of imagining Western empires in decline serve as a backdrop for a lone figure searching city streets, decaying architecture, and sand dunes for some type of physical connection. What arises is the loss of - and longing for - touch at the edges of imperialism, historical violence, and personal shame"--Provided by publisher.Of specific Gay interestbicsscGay studies (Gay men)bicsscElectronic books. queer studiesLGBT studiescruisingwritingdesiresexualitytheory fictionOf specific Gay interestGay studies (Gay men)Phrydas JH906860MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910350188903321Imperial physique2028522UNINA