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Park Cruising: What Happens When We Wander Off the Path

By Marcus McCann

Book information

Publisher
House of Anansi Press Inc
Year
2023
ISBN
9781487011796, 9781487011789
ASIN
B0B5Y3XN3V
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1616803 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2023-08-03 02:27:42
LGBTQIA+ (Nonfiction); History; Sociology; Nonfict

Description

An intimate look at one of culture's most enduring taboos: public sex.Park Cruising takes a long look at the men who cruise for sex in urban parks. Human rights lawyer Marcus McCann uses park cruising as a point of departure for discussions of consent, empathy, public health, municipal planning, and our relationship to strangers. Prompted by his work opposing a police sting in a suburban park, McCann's ruminations go beyond targeted enforcement and police indifference to violence to examine cruising as a type of world-building.The result is a series of insightful and poetic walks through history, law, literature, and popular representations of cruising in search of the social value of sex. What McCann ultimately reveals is a world of connection, care, and unexpected lessons about the value of pleasure.

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