Format:
xvi, 308 Seiten :
,
Illustrationen.
ISBN:
978-0-231-18910-1
,
978-0-231-18911-8
Series Statement:
Columbia studies in the history of U.S. capitalism
Content:
In 1951, a new type of publication appeared on newsstands―the physique magazine produced by and for gay men. For many men growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, these magazines and their images and illustrations of nearly naked men, as well as articles, letters from readers, and advertisements, served as an initiation into gay culture. The publishers behind them were part of a wider world of “physique entrepreneurs”: men as well as women who ran photography studios, mail-order catalogs, pen-pal services, book clubs, and niche advertising for gay audiences. Such businesses have often been seen as peripheral to the gay political movement. In this book, David K. Johnson shows how gay commerce was not a byproduct but rather an important catalyst for the gay rights movement.
Content:
Introduction -- Emerging from the muscle magazines: Bob Mizer's Athletic Model Guild -- Selling gay books: Donald Webster Cory's "business with a conscience" -- The Grecian Guild: imagining a gay past, and future -- "I want a pen pal!:" Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield and the Adonis Male Club -- Defending a naked boy: Lynn Womack at the Supreme Court -- Consolidating the market: DSI of Minneapolis -- The physique legacy
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231548175
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 9780231548175
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
,
Sociology
Keywords:
Homosexueller
;
Magazin
;
1902-1957 Quaintance, George
