Deep sniff : a history of poppers and queer futures / Adam Zmith.
- Zmith, Adam
- Date:
- [2021]
- Books
About this work
Description
"This is the intriguing story of how amyl and other nitrites wafted out of the lab and into gay bars, corner shops, bedrooms and porn supercuts. Blending historical research with wry observation, Adam Zmith explores the cultural forces and improbable connections behind the power of poppers. What emerges is not just a history of pub raids, viral panics and pecs the size of dinner plates. It is a collection of fresh and provocative ideas about identity, sex, utopia, capitalism, law, freedom and the bodies that we use to experience the world"--From back cover.
Publication/Creation
London : Repeater Books, [2021]
Physical description
191 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Contributors
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185).
Contents
Undesirable purposes -- Two body innovators -- The creation of man? -- Sex/death -- Utopia for a moment -- A guilty pleasure -- HIT/HOLD/RELEASE -- Antidote -- The next forty-five seconds -- References -- Playlist -- Acknowledgements.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineFCF.UOpen shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 1913462420
- 9781913462420