TY  - BOOK
AU  - Phrydas,JH
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - Imperial Physique
SN  - 9781950192540
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Brooklyn, NY
PB  - punctum books
KW  - Sex
KW  - fast
KW  - Gay culture
KW  - Of specific Gay interest
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Gay studies (Gay men)
KW  - Culture homosexuelle
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Queer studies
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - Open Access
N2  - "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."
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/75675/
ER  -