Dancing Around the Volcano: Freeing Our Erotic Lives : Decoding the Enigma of Gay Men and Sex - Couverture rigide

Kettelhack, Guy

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ISBN 10 : 0517701030 ISBN 13 : 9780517701034

Editeur : Crown Publications, 1996

Synopsis

Book by Kettelhack Guy

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In the tradition of Frank Browning's The Culture of Desire comes Guy Kettelhack's provocative, honest, unapologetic look at the sex lives of gay men. Dancing Around the Volcano is essential reading for the American gay community.

Gay men have long been told that regardless of their individual characters and desires, they should aspire to a monogamous model in their romantic and sexual relationships. Now, Guy Kettelhack wants to "tell the truth about the sex gay men are really having," offering a path to sexual liberation that embraces the conflicts and paradoxes of sex.

Using the voices of different men who tell of their experiences, Kettelhack questions the assumptions about the "pathology" of promiscuity, sexual compulsion, prostitution, sadomasochism, fetishes, and celibacy. These personal stories are often sexy, sometimes funny, almost always poignant in their honesty, and startling in their insights. We hear about everything from hustling to monogamous gay relationships, from the baths to the private bedroom, from fisting to French-kissing. What emerges is a sex-positive take on the whole gamut of gay male sexual behavior.

Celebrating the ingenuity with which gay men manage their sexual and aggressive drives and fantasies, Dancing Around the Volcano is a passionately pro-sex book with potentially healing--even revolutionary--implications for everyone: gay or straight, male or female.

Biographie de l'auteur

Guy Kettelhack is the author and coauthor of more than twenty-five nonfiction books. He lives in New York City.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Crown Publications
• Date d'édition: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0517701030
• ISBN 13: 9780517701034
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208