Acknowledgments ix; Introduction: Ecologies of the Particular 1; 1. Breathing against Nature 33; 2. Aesthetic Self-Medication (Three Regimens) 65; 3. Feminist Breathing 94; 4. Smog Sensing 113; 5. Death in the Form of Life 139; Coda: A Queer Theory of Benign Respiratory Variations 158; Notes 163; Bibliography 197; Index 221;