Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era, Paperback

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Awards Finalist (2014) - Lambda Literary Awards - (Transgender Nonfiction) Contributor(s):Author: Paul B. Preciado Translator: Bruce Benderson 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.  Review citations Publishers Weekly - 08/26/2013Library Journal - pg. 118 - 10/15/2013

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Paul B. Preciado

filosof spaniol · n. 1970

Paul B. Preciado este un scriitor, filosof și curator spaniol, a cărui operă se concentrează pe identitate, gen, pornografie, arhitectură și sexualitate. În 2010, Preciado a început un proces de „tranziție lentă”, în cadrul căruia a început să administreze testosteron pentru a-și realiza tranziția medicală. Din acel moment, el s-a considerat public transgender, dar și feminist.