The Poetics of Cruising: Queer Visual Culture from Whitman to Grindr

The Poetics of Cruising is a groundbreaking exploration of the relationship between poetry, photography, and urban cruising.

This book uncovers the hidden connections between poets and their works, revealing how they capture, consider, and aestheticize the fleeting moments of perception in urban spaces.

Through a series of compelling archival materials, Parlett sheds light on the ambivalence at the heart of this erotic search, where power may be unevenly distributed across glances, and gendered and racialized bodies are marked.

The Poetics of Cruising is an innovative, astute, and highly readable work that will appeal to scholars of queer studies, cultural history, and visual culture.

Don't miss out on this fascinating exploration of the intersections between poetry, photography, and urban cruising.

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