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_aPhrydas, JH, _eauthor. |
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_aImperial Physique _cJH Phrydas. |
| 264 | 1 | _bPunctum Books, | |
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| 300 | _a1 online resource (pages cm) | ||
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_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star |
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_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher. |
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| 588 | _aDescription based on print version record. | ||
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_aElectronic books. _2local |
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_aProject Muse. _edistributor |
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_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/75675/ |
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