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Erotic Thesaurus
. . . an eye-opening read. . .
-The Toronto Sun
The Erotic Thesaurus is a must for porn writers and journalists. . .
-The National Post
Aside from being both entertaining and very funny, The Bald-Headed Hermit
and the Artichoke is extremely well researched and written.
-Hustler
. . . by turns hilarious, shocking, and lewd. It's guaranteed to raise a
blush to even the least maidenly cheek. . .
-Xtra West
. . . truly interesting and progressive.
-Quill & Quire
. . . quite an impressive collection. . .
-January Magazine
. . . a handy thesaurus of titillating terms, many of which provide for a
spanking (er, the hand-on-the-knee variety) good chuckle.
-Calgary Straight
Roget's it ain't. . . this 154-page book now gets a permanent place in my
reference library.
-Vancouver Province
Both culturally significant and thoroughly outrageous. . .
-Martlett
. . . a fun romp through the world of sexual lingo. . .
-Lavender Rhinocerous
...a perversely potent queer erotic
thesaurus...This is a fun book, but it can also be seen as a historical
document. This is the evidence of queer sexual history.
-Trade: Queer Things
Outbursts contextualizes both historical and contemporary
terminology for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transsexuals, and offers
nine full pages of terms for gay males - from "anal buccaneer" to "zebrajox"!
-My Messy Bedroom
Remember being excited as a child each time a new sex-related word
entered into your vocabulary? Relive that titillating experience while
at the same time broadening your sexual knowledge by reading this book.
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Touching on both the history
and the psychological interpretations of this seemingly minor cultural cue,
Peterkin analyzes the ever-changing shaving practices of celebrities,
criminals, and carnival performers.
-Quill & Quire
Full of fascinating detail, the book has an accessible tone suited to its
subject.
-The Globe & Mail
. . . breezy and concise. . .
-Publisher's Weekly
Peterkin entertainingly follows many a revealing strand. . .
-Toronto Star
[This] is an entertaining book for those who boast facial hair and those who
don't.
-Vancouver Sun
While Peterkin has fun with witty quips from poets, playwrights,
philosophers, and theologians through the centuries, he is also quite
serious and instructive. . .
-ForeWord
Peterkin carves a witty, thought-provoking read from his bewhiskered subject
matter.
-Resonance
Jam-packed with beard-related sidebar
quotations and facts and figures, One Thousand Beards is a
trivia-lover's delight, and an essential reference for anyone giving a
barber-college valedictory address.
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What do the terms "Master of Ceremonies,"
"Husbandman of Nature," "Old Faithless," and "My Body's Captain" refer to?
How about "Cully-Shangy," Hogmagundy," or "Horizontal Refreshment"? Synonyms
for these and other phrases can be found in The Bald-Headed Hermit & the
Artichoke, a unique guide to the lingo of sex. Extensive historical research
conducted by Peterkin led to the compilation of lists of phrases and words
referring to all aspects of human sexuality, from breasts and testicles, to
fetishes and paraphernalia. In conducting his research, Peterkin discovered
that erotic words and phrases in the English-speaking world number well into
the thousands; "penis" alone has over 1,500 modern synonyms.
The terms in The Bald-Headed Hermit vary from the poetic and the medical to
the macho, derogatory, and obscene; the lists offer varied and "imaginative"
interpretations of human sexuality that are at times funny and shocking at
others. They also provide unusual insight into how various societies view
sexual pleasure.
In addition, the book shows how previously silent sexual communities,
including gays & lesbians, the transgendered, and various fetishists and
libertines, challenge attitudes towards sexuality and sexual expression,
thereby changing the very language of sex.
The Bald-Headed Hermit includes fascinating explanations of sexual terms, as
well as historical/archival line drawings illustrating various aspects of
sexuality.
ISBN: 1-55152-063-X
Price Can: $18.95
Price US: $14.95
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Outbursts!
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A Queer Erotic Thesaurus
Erotic slang words from Great
Britain, Canada, the United States, Australia, and other
English-speaking nations number well into the tens of thousands. But the
history of terms used to describe the sexual activities of gays and
lesbians have opposing sources: one, the discreet networks of gay men
and lesbians who sought to come up with a new terminology for the
pleasures of their secret lives; and the other, those who found gay
sexuality repellent, and created phrases that denigrated and insulted
its proponents. The result? A coded language, for better or worse, that
celebrates sexuality in all its queerness.
A.D. Peterkin shows how euphemism, camp humor, rhyme, acronym, foreign
language, mythology, metaphor, and secret code have all been recruited
imaginatively by gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals to name what was
thought to be unnamable.
ISBN: 1-55152-151-2
Number of Pages: 160
Price Can: 19.95
Price US: 16.95
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One Thousand Beards
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A Cultural History of Facial Hair
Every man has the capacity to grow
facial hair, but the decision to do so has always come with layers of
meaning. Facial hair has traditionally marked a passage into manhood,
but its various manifestations have been determined by class, religious
belief, historical precedent, and occupational status. Beards have at
one time or another come to represent wisdom, goodness, sorcery,
diabolism, psychological depth, and revolution; they have been
purchased, elaborately trimmed, adorned, and dyed, and deracinated as a
form of torture. To this day, the act of displaying facial hair is still
regarded as a form of ultimate cool.
With wit and insight, One Thousand Beards explores the historical
meaning of beards, moustaches, sideburns, and other forms of facial
hair, from Freud’s psychoanalytic interpretation, to a wild trip through
history, to a rogue’s gallery of famous bearded or moustached men,
including Abraham Lincoln, Joseph Stalin, Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean,
and Yosemite Sam.
Includes numerous B&W illustrations and photographs.
ISBN: 1-55152-107-5
Number of Pages: 240
Price Can: $18.95
Price US: $15.95
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