Gay pornography
Subtitle: representations of sexuality and masculinity
By: John Mercer
Series: Library of gender and popular culture -- 16; Library of gender and popular culture -- 16.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781780765174; 9781780765181
Subjects: Gay pornographic films; Sexuality; Masculinity; Gay men; Gay pornography; Male homosexuality; Cross-cultural studies
Description: "Gay pornography, online and onscreen, is a controversial and significantly under-researched area of cultural production. The book 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."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.