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Sex, Clubs, Dissent: Visualising Queer Nightlife - Amelia Abraham
Sex, Clubs, Dissent charts an expansive visual history of queer nightlife through the lens of photographers, filmmakers, and artists. Edited by Amelia Abraham, the book explores how image-making has fostered — and at times jeopardised — the formation of queer practices, subcultures, and forms of resistance.
More than a catalogue, this is a love letter to those who went out and stayed out, felt the urge to document what was happening, or used their artmaking to dream new modes of being into existence. Images of queer nightlife — real or otherwise — can be erotic, amusing, alienating, violent, or exuberantly joyful, moving us to seek out our own dancefloor, strip club, or sauna.
With essays and conversations by Amelia Abraham, Brontez Purnell, McKenzie Wark, Rene Matić and Ajamu X, Jack Parlett, Tavia Nyong'o, Adam Zmith, Sita Balani and Sunil Gupta, Ariel Goldberg, Sweatmother, Asa Seresin, and Legacy Russell and Tourmaline.
- Editor: Amelia Abraham
- Publisher: SPBH
- Publishing date: May 2026
- Binding: Paperback with die-cut cover
- Format: 24 × 28 cm
- Pages: 284
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-1-917651-52-3
An essential read for anyone passionate about queer culture, nightlife photography, and the politics of pleasure.
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