Name/TitlePoundbury: A Queer Tour of Monarchy
EditionFirst
MakerHomosexual Death Drive
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectPaperback publication titled 'Poundbury: A Queer Tour of Monarchy' by Homosexual Death Drive.
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 230 x W: 153 x D: 14 mm
Date Made2023
Period2020s
Place MadeEngland, London
Publisher33editions
Publication Date2023
Publication PlaceEngland, London
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://charlottecooper.net/33editions/poundbury:
Poundbury: A Queer Tour of Monarchy gathers together all the material generated by my Homosexual Death Drive Poundbury project.
My funny, playful, rude and serious artist’s book is for anyone who wants an alternative queer and Othered take on the soft and hard power of monarchy. It reveals the discrepancy between royal optics and objectives.
In Poundbury: A Queer Tour of Monarchy, I adopt the role of The Groom of the Stool, or royal arse-wiper. I guide you through Poundbury’s history, ideology, use of pseudo-tradition, greenwash and social control. I introduce you to some of Poundbury’s people and reveal how they resist royal power-tripping. I argue that Poundbury is currently a death zone that could be redeemed as a postmodern theme park for queers and Others. In a bizarre twist, I am invited to meet Camilla at Buckingham Palace and a full account of this is shared in the text.
Poundbury includes original research, personal reflection, drawings, poetry, experimental writing and AI-generated texts. It is shaped by queer theory, feminism, neurodivergence and the social model of disability, working class identity, decolonisation, environmental activism and anarchism. Its guiding principles are: beauty, intelligence, humour, integrity, the liberation of all beings.
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Subject and Association Keywordswomen's writing & literature
Subject and Association Keywordscontemporary art & design
Subject and Association Keywordsfeminism, fourth wave
Subject and Association KeywordsEnvironment - ecology
Subject and Association Keywordsanarchism
Subject and Association KeywordsLGBTQ+
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
ISBN/ISSN978-0-9935320-6-1
Object numberGWL-2023-68
Spine LabelPoundbury: A Queer Tour of Monarchy ~ Homosexual Death Drive
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved