Feb. 3, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. in Rm 204 of the Education Building
at Brandon University
at Brandon University
Uncut: Looking like Dad,
Locker Rooms and the Foreskin
Description:
The foreskin has become, in our times, holly debated, deeply suspicious, ephemeral, enigmatic, perhaps a mere curiosity. The debates over “to circumcise or not” are so complicated and so vexed that one hardly knows where to begin. As such, this project askes: what are the secular reasons to circumcise?
Presenter:
Jonathan A. Allan
Dr. Jonathan A. Allan is Canada Research Chair in Queer Theory at Brandon University.
The foreskin has become, in our times, holly debated, deeply suspicious, ephemeral, enigmatic, perhaps a mere curiosity. The debates over “to circumcise or not” are so complicated and so vexed that one hardly knows where to begin. As such, this project askes: what are the secular reasons to circumcise?
Presenter:
Jonathan A. Allan
Dr. Jonathan A. Allan is Canada Research Chair in Queer Theory at Brandon University.