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The Luminol Reels

Fiction. Poetry. Art. Women's Studies. When human blood reacts with luminol, it lights up a ghostly blue. This reaction, most commonly used to detect whether violence has taken place at suspected crime scenes, combines the human and the chemical, it invokes violence and disposability but also transformation. THE LUMINOL REELS takes its imagery from pornography, Catholicism, and crime scene investigation to interrogate the violence done to women. It considers the ongoing brutality of the femicides in Ciudad Juarez and the institutional misogyny of the Catholic Church. Violence is intrinsically linked to location, and the shrines, quinceaÃ±era parties, holy communions, and seances of this book are all stained luminescent blue.

"A fierce and deadly little fantasia that bites its way deep into your brain."â€”Brian Evenson

"'We were plump and pretty, our skin glowed like Chinese lanterns and he wanted our laughter for himself': In THE LUMINOL REELS, Laura Ellen Joyce finds the blue-glowing, b-movie heart of Plath's and Ballard's atrocity exhibitions and the parapornography of reliquaries. Joyce may write: 'This one is for the sickos,' but this is a book for readers who are into David Lynch, Aase Berg, Bluebeard (any version), hagiography; 'splatter gurlesque' and media theory. In other words: people who want their reading to feel like drinking 'luminol margaritas.'"â€”Johannes GÃ¶ransson
Country USA
Brand Calamari Press
Manufacturer Calamari Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781940853048
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Calamari Press
Manufacturer	Calamari Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781940853048
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00