{"product_id":"assuming-the-ecosexual-position-the-earth-as-lover-paperback","title":"Assuming the Ecosexual Position: The Earth as Lover - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnnie Sprinkle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBeth Stephens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJennie Klein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of the artistic collaboration between the originators of the ecosex movement, their diverse communities, and the Earth\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat's sexy about saving the planet? Funny you should ask. Because that is precisely--or, perhaps, broadly--what Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens have spent many years bringing to light in their live art, exhibitions, and films. In 2008, Sprinkle and Stephens married the Earth, which set them on the path to explore the realms of ecosexuality as they became lovers with the Earth and made their mutual pleasure an embodied expression of passion for the environment. Ever since, they have been not just pushing but obliterating the boundaries circumscribing biology and ecology, creating ecosexual art in their performance of an environmentalism that is feminist, queer, sensual, sexual, posthuman, materialist, exuberant, and steeped in humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAssuming the Ecosexual Position\u003c\/i\u003e tells of childhood moments that pointed to a future of ecosexuality--for Annie, in her family swimming pool in Los Angeles; for Beth, savoring forbidden tomatoes from the vine on her grandparents' Appalachian farm. The book describes how the two came together as lovers and collaborators, how they took a stand against homophobia and xenophobia, and how this union led to the miraculous conception of the Love Art Laboratory, which involved influential performance artists Linda M. Montano, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, and feminist pornographer Madison Young. Stephens and Sprinkle share the process of making interactive performance art, including the Chemo Fashion Show, Cuddle, Sidewalk Sex Clinics, and Ecosex Walking Tours. Over the years, they celebrated many more weddings to various nature entities, from the Appalachian Mountains to the Adriatic Sea. To create these weddings, they collaborated with hundreds of people and invited thousands of guests as they vowed to love, honor, and cherish the many elements of the Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs entertaining as it is deeply serious, and arriving at a perilous time of sharp differences and constricting categories, the story of this artistic collaboration between Sprinkle, Stephens, their diverse communities, and the Earth opens gender and sexuality, art and environmentalism, to the infinite possibilities and promise of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnnie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens have been life partners and 50\/50 collaborators on multimedia projects since 2002. They are authors of the \u003ci\u003eEcosex Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e and producers of the award-winning film \u003ci\u003eGoodbye Gauley Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWater Makes Us Wet\u003c\/i\u003e, a documentary feature that premiered at documenta 14 and screened at MoMA in New York. Sprinkle is a former sex worker with a PhD in human sexuality. Stephens holds a PhD in performance studies and is founding director of E.A.R.T.H. Lab at University of California at Santa Cruz. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennie Klein is professor of art history at Ohio University. She is editor of \u003ci\u003eLetters from Linda M. Montano\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eHistories and Practices of Live Art\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe M Word: Real Mothers in Contemporary Art\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUna Chaudhuri is Collegiate Professor and professor of English, drama, and environmental studies at New York University. She is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eAnimal Acts: Performing Species Today\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eEcocide: Research Theatre and Climate Change\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul B. Preciado is a philosopher and curator. His books include \u003ci\u003eTesto Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCountersexual Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.9 x 6.93 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 17, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768324325664,"sku":"9781517900199","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8e850cbdb11ec50c643a4d0b575dad32.webp?v=1780327040","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/assuming-the-ecosexual-position-the-earth-as-lover-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}