Hard to imagine : gay male eroticism in photography and film from their beginnings to Stonewall /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[1996]
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| Series: | Between men--between women.
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Beginnings. Reclaiming a Cultural Heritage. Nineteenth-Century Roots: The Emergence of Photography as the Privileged Medium for Gay Eroticism. Image Patterns That Keep Coming Up
- Ch. 2. Art and Arousal. Academic Photography. The Pictorialist Generation. The Glamour Generation. The Road to Stonewall
- Ch. 3. Strength and Stealth. The Physical Culture Movement of the Fin-de-Siecle. The German Frei Korper Kultur Movement. Pioneering North American Developments (1918-1945). The Kinsey Generation: The Golden Age of Magazines and Mail Order (1945-1963). The Movies. Coda: Chronology of Persecution, Censorship, and Resistance (1945-1969)
- Ch. 4. "(Oh Horror!) Those Filthy Photos": Illicit Photography and Film. "Partouze" Photography (1880-1930). Stag Movies. The Modern Era of Illicit Photography. Gay-Centered Cinema (1930-1969)
- Ch. 5. Law, Science, and Politics. The Lens of the Law. Hirschfeld. Kinsey. Erotic Images and the Gay Movement. Endings.