Sexuality, disability, and aging : queer temporalities of the phallus
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Sexuality, disability, and aging : queer temporalities of the phallus
Duke University Press, 2019
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-132) and index
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Drawing on her own experiences with late-onset disability and its impact on her sex life, along with her expertise as a cultural critic, Jane Gallop explores how disability and aging work to undermine one's sense of self. She challenges common conceptions that equate the decline of bodily potential and ability with a permanent and irretrievable loss, arguing that such a loss can be both temporary and positively transformative. With Sexuality, Disability, and Aging, Gallop explores and celebrates how sexuality transforms and becomes more queer in the lives of the no longer young and the no longer able while at the same time demonstrating how disability can generate new forms of sexual fantasy and erotic possibility.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 1x
Introduction: Theoretical Underpinnings 1
Crip Theory 1
Aging and Queer Temporality 5
Aging and the Phallus 13
The Queer Phallus 20
Anecdotal Theory 25
1. High Heels and Wheelchairs 31
The Story 31
The Ending 36
City Sidewalks 40
Feminism and High Heels 46
Gender and Disability 52
The Phallus in the Wheelchair 58
The Ending (Reprise) 64
2. Post-prostate Sex 67
The Story 67
Strange Temporalities 74
Pre-cum and the Coital Imperative 81
Resisting the Coital Imperative 92
Longitudinal Sexuality 95
Conclusion 103
The Phallus and Its Temporalities 103
Longitudinal Identities 107
Notes 113
Bibliography 127
Index 133
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