Gay Pornography: Representations of Sexuality and Masculinity - Couverture rigide

Mercer, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1780765177 ISBN 13 : 9781780765174

Editeur : I.B. Tauris, 2017

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

Mercer's book is dense and erudite, bedazzling in its connoisseurship, rich in the detail of case studies that ring a clear bell or make you wonder how you missed that one, as witty as it is weighty. Discerning contemporary gay porn - or any porn for that matter - through the 'vortex' of 'saturated masculinity' turns out to be immensely productive. It's all here, all of the inhabitants of the pornosphere from the 1970s celluloid twink to the 21st-century postporn amateur 'care bear' virtual daddy, situated carefully in the astutely defined dynamics of fantasy and sociality that keep them all alive. Mercer's central place in the still proliferating field of porn studies across the board is guaranteed. --Thomas Waugh, Professor of Film Studies, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University

Hugely impressive, the most interesting thing I've read on these areas for years and it will be enormously helpful for scholars of pornography and a real gift to students. --Feona Attwood, Professor of Cultural Studies, Communication and Media Middlesex University

Présentation de l'éditeur

Gay pornography, online and onscreen, is a controversial and significantly under-researched area of cultural production. In the first book of its kind, Gay Pornography: Representations of Sexuality and Masculinity 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 it offers its audience a vision of plural masculinities that are more nuanced and ambiguous than they might seem. Mercer examines how the internet has generated an exponential growth in the sheer volume and variety of this material, and facilitated far greater access to it. He uses both professional and amateur examples to explore how gay pornography has become part of a wider cultural context in which modern masculinities have become 'saturated' by their constantly evolving status and function in popular culture.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: I.B. Tauris
• Date d'édition: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1780765177
• ISBN 13: 9781780765174
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 256