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John Mercer - Gay Pornography: Representations of Sexuality and Masculinity - 9781780765174 - V9781780765174
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Gay Pornography: Representations of Sexuality and Masculinity

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Description for Gay Pornography: Representations of Sexuality and Masculinity Hardback. First book exploring how gay culture has influenced how heterosexual males present themselves. Series: Library of Gender and Popular Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 5SG; JFMP; JFSK2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 134. .
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Library of Gender and Popular Culture
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780765174
SKU
V9781780765174
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Ref
99-5

About John Mercer
John Mercer is a Reader in Gender and Sexuality and Programme Leader in Media and Cultural Research Degrees at the Birmingham School of Media, Birmingham City University.

Reviews for Gay Pornography: Representations of Sexuality and Masculinity
'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

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