Por el culo. Políticas anales proposes a cultural, political, and sexual genealogy of the anus as a symbolic space historically associated with insult, marginality, and stigma. Through references ranging from ancient Greece to the AIDS crisis, including psychoanalysis, prison cultures, contemporary sexual subcultures, and gender imaginaries, Javier Sáez and Sejo Carrascosa analyze how the anal has helped shape discourses on masculinity, femininity, heterosexuality, and homosexuality.
The book also examines the relationship between anal sexuality and power structures influenced by social class, race, and heterosexism, dismantling the traditional identification between anal penetration and homosexuality. With an unusual combination of theoretical rigor, humor, and irreverence, the authors claim the political potential of the “anal space” as a place of symbolic resistance and critical reflection within contemporary LGTBI thought.
Dedicated to Paco Vidarte, the essay stands as a key work within queer thought in Spain.
