Pleading in the Blood

Dominic Johnson is a senior lecturer in the Department of Drama at Queen Mary University of London and the editor of Pleading in the Blood: The Art and Performances of Ron Athey and It's All Allowed: The Performances of Adrian Howells.

• Foreword – Antony HegartyIntroduction: Towards a Moral and Just Psychopathology – Dominic JohnsonGifts of the Spirit – Ron Athey'There are Many Ways to say Hallelujah!' – Catherine (Saalfield) Gund'Does a Bloody Towel Represent the Ideals of the American People?': Ron Athey and the Culture Wars – Dominic JohnsonBombs Away in Front-Line Suburbia – Homi K. BhabhaDeliverance: The 'Torture Trilogy' in Retrospect – Ron AtheyThe Irreplaceable Bodies: Resistance Through Ferocious Fragility – Julie TolentinoAthey-ism, Collaboration and Hustler White – Bruce LaBruceSex with Ron – Jennifer DoyleThe Man and His Tattoos (By the Man Who Did Them) – Alex BinnieThe Milk Factory on Winchester – Matthew GoulishFlash: On Photographing Ron Athey – Catherine OpieHow Ron Athey Makes Me Feel: The Political Potential of Upsetting Art – Amelia JonesRaised in the Lord: Revelations at the Knee of Miss Velma – Ron AtheyJoyce: The Violent Disbelief of Ron Athey – Lydia LunchJudas Cradle: Invasive Resonance – Juliana SnapperIllicit Transit – Adrian HeathfieldBy Word of Mouth: Ron Athey's Self-Obliteration – Tim EtchellsThe New Barbarians: A Declaration of Poetic Disobedience from The New Border – Guillermo Gomez-Peña

“Pleading in the Blood offers a remarkable and enduring contribution to literatures on performance and contemporary art... The potency of myth in Ron Athey’s work is the problem tackled by this formidable new book.”