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OverviewAn 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marcus McCannPublisher: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada Imprint: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada Weight: 0.333kg ISBN: 9781487011789ISBN 10: 1487011784 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 15 June 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews"Park Cruising feels immediate and personal in the exact way orator and rhetoritcian Isocrates counselled millennia ago: the emotion and the facts become a combined triumph that delivers McCann's argument straight to the heart. -- ""Xtra""" Park Cruising feels immediate and personal in the exact way orator and rhetoritcian Isocrates counselled millennia ago: the emotion and the facts become a combined triumph that delivers McCann’s argument straight to the heart. * Xtra * [McCann] shows us the past and the present, and provides us with a vision of how the views of park cruising could and should evolve in the future. * In Magazine * "[McCann] shows us the past and the present, and provides us with a vision of how the views of park cruising could and should evolve in the future. -- ""In Magazine"" Park Cruising feels immediate and personal in the exact way orator and rhetoritcian Isocrates counselled millennia ago: the emotion and the facts become a combined triumph that delivers McCann's argument straight to the heart. -- ""Xtra""" Author InformationMARCUS McCANN (he/him) is a lawyer who has been involved in a number of high-profile legal projects in the areas of sexuality and LGBTQ rights. He is a former managing editor of Xtra in Toronto and Ottawa. The author of three previous books, his writing has been shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert and Robert Kroetsch awards, and won the John Newlove Award and the EJ Pratt Medal for poetry. Born in Hamilton, Marcus now lives in Toronto. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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