Join us for the launch of Little Deaths hosted by Another Story Bookshop & University of Regina Press!About this Event
Join us on Tuesday, November 4th at 7PM for the launch of Little Deaths: Sex and Psychoanalysis in the Age of Pandemics hosted by Another Story Bookshop in collaboration with the University of Regina Press.
Featuring a conversation with editor Ricky Varghese and a panel of contributors:
- Jean-Thomas Tremblay
- Austin Svedjan
- Theresa Kinney
- Christien Garcia
- Jin Haritaworn
This event is free and open to the public! Books available for purchase and signing.
Little Deaths reveals how sex and contagion have become uneasy yet inseparable bedfellows.
In an era defined by pandemics, our perceptions of sexuality are deeply intertwined with fears and fantasies of disease, transmission, and safety. Little Deaths navigates the shifting terrain of sex and sexuality in these perilous times, examining the political and psychological life of the body.Using the AIDS crisis as a reference point, the book draws necessary comparisons to and distinctions from the COVID-19 pandemic. From tracing emergent technologies that make intimacy possible under quarantine, to unpacking the phenomenon of “pandemic asexuality,” to understanding party culture as collective rebellion against social gathering restrictions, these essays all pose the essential question: what does it mean to have a sex life in the middle of a global health crisis?Little Deaths ponders the future of sex where risk is ever-present, yet the search for pleasure persists. In the end, Little Deaths argues that there are some risks worth taking, risks that are more life-affirming than deadly—risks that just might save us in the end.
RICKY VARGHESE is psychoanalyst and writer based in Toronto. He is the editor of Raw: PrEP, Pedagogy, and the Politics of Barebacking.
Event Venue
Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles Avenue, Toronto, Canada
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