{"product_id":"unlimited-intimacy-reflections-on-the-subculture-of-barebacking-paperback","title":"Unlimited Intimacy: Reflections on the Subculture of Barebacking - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Dean\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarebacking-when gay men deliberately abandon condoms and embrace unprotected sex-has incited a great deal of shock, outrage, anger, and even disgust, but very little contemplation. Purposely flying in the face of decades of safe-sex campaigning and HIV\/AIDS awareness initiatives, barebacking is unquestionably radical behavior, behavior that most people would rather condemn than understand. Thus the time is ripe for \u003ci\u003eUnlimited Intimacy\u003c\/i\u003e, Tim Dean's riveting investigation into barebacking and the distinctive subculture that has grown around it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAudacious and undeniably provocative, Dean's profoundly reflective account is neither a manifesto nor an apology; instead, it is a searching analysis that tests the very limits of the study of sex in the twenty-first century. Dean's extensive research into the subculture provides a tour of the scene's bars, sex clubs, and Web sites; offers an explicit but sophisticated analysis of its pornography; and documents his own personal experiences in the culture. But ultimately, it is HIV that animates the controversy around barebacking, and \u003ci\u003eUnlimited Intimacy\u003c\/i\u003e explores how barebackers think about transmitting the virus-especially the idea that deliberately sharing it establishes a new network of kinship among the infected. According to Dean, intimacy makes us vulnerable, exposes us to emotional risk, and forces us to drop our psychological barriers. As a committed experiment in intimacy without limits-one that makes those metaphors of intimacy quite literal-barebacking thus says a great deal about how intimacy works.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten with a fierce intelligence and uncompromising nerve, \u003ci\u003eUnlimited Intimacy\u003c\/i\u003e will prove to be a milestone in our understanding of sexual behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Dean\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English and director of the Humanities Institute at the University at Buffalo. He is the author or editor of several books, including \u003ci\u003eBeyond Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by the University of Chicago Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45260010586214,"sku":"9780226139395","price":56.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/VElwZExIUEQ0dzZIdzdub0NvbE1iZz09.webp?v=1773863428","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/unlimited-intimacy-reflections-on-the-subculture-of-barebacking-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}