Park Cruising : What Happens When We Wander Off The Path

McCann, Marcus

ISBN 10: 1487011784 / ISBN 13: 9781487011789

Published by House Of Anansi Press Incorporated, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2023

About this Item

The book is signed by Marcus McCann on the full title page.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Park Cruising : What Happens When We Wander Off The Path
• Publisher: House Of Anansi Press Incorporated, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1487011784
• ISBN 13: 9781487011789
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • LGBTQ
  • Signed

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Synopsis

An intimate look at one of culture’s most enduring taboos: public sex.

Park Cruising takes a long look at the men who cruise for sex in urban parks. Human rights lawyer Marcus McCann uses park cruising as a point of departure for discussions of consent, empathy, public health, municipal planning, and our relationship to strangers. Prompted by his work opposing a police sting in a suburban park, McCann’s ruminations go beyond targeted enforcement and police indifference to violence to examine cruising as a type of world-building.

The result is a series of insightful and poetic walks through history, law, literature, and popular representations of cruising in search of the social value of sex. What McCann ultimately reveals is a world of connection, care, and unexpected lessons about the value of pleasure.

About the Author

MARCUS McCANN (he/him) is a lawyer who has been involved in a number of high-profile legal projects in the areas of sexuality and LGBTQ rights. He is a former managing editor of Xtra in Toronto and Ottawa. The author of three previous books, his writing has been shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert and Robert Kroetsch awards, and won the John Newlove Award and the EJ Pratt Medal for poetry. Born in Hamilton, Marcus now lives in Toronto.