Gay pornography : representations of sexuality and masculinity /

"Gay pornography, online and onscreen, is a controversial and significantly under-researched area of cultural production. The book explores the iconography, themes and ideals that the genre presents. Indeed, John Mercer argues that gay pornography cannot be regarded as one-dimensional, but that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mercer, John (Lecturer in film and media studies) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York, NY : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2017.
Series:Library of gender and popular culture ; 16.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Contexts and frameworks. Saturated masculinity
  • History, industry and technological change
  • Part 2. Models, patterns and themes. Generation : the boy-next-door, the twink and the daddy
  • Straight acting? Heterosexuality, hypermasculinity and the gay outlaw
  • A world of men : race, ethnicity and national identity
  • The celebrity, the amateur and the self.