Gay macho : the life and death of the homosexual clone / Martin P. Levine ; edited with an introduction by Michael S. Kimmel.
1998
KF4754.5 .L48 1998 (Mapit)
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Title
Gay macho : the life and death of the homosexual clone / Martin P. Levine ; edited with an introduction by Michael S. Kimmel.
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Imprint
New York : New York University Press, [1998]
Copyright
©1998
Description
xiv, 260 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Pt. I. The Birth of the Gay Clone
Introduction: "So Many Men, So Little Time": Toward a Sociology of the Gay Male Clone. 1. "It's Raining Men": The Sociology of Gay Masculinity. 2. "Y.M.C.A.": The Social Organization of Gay Male Life. 3. "(I Wanna Be a) Macho Man": The Masculinization of Clone Social Life. 4. "(You Make Me Feel) Mighty Real": Hypermasculine Sexuality and Gender Confirmation. 5. "Midnight Love Affair": Gay Masculinity and Emotional Intimacy
Pt. II. The Death of the Gay Clone. 6. Bad Blood: The Health Commissioner, the Tuskegee Experiment, and AIDS Policy [1983]. 7. Fearing Fear Itself [1984]. 8. Men and AIDS / Michael Kimmel and Martin Levine. 9. The Myth of Sexual Compulsivity / Martin Levine and Richard Troiden. 10. The Motives of Gay Men for Taking or Not Taking the HIV Antibody Test / Karolynn Siegal, Martin Levine and Charles Brooks [et al.]. 11. Unprotected Sex: Understanding Gay Men's Participation / Martin Levine and Karolynn Siegal.
Introduction: "So Many Men, So Little Time": Toward a Sociology of the Gay Male Clone. 1. "It's Raining Men": The Sociology of Gay Masculinity. 2. "Y.M.C.A.": The Social Organization of Gay Male Life. 3. "(I Wanna Be a) Macho Man": The Masculinization of Clone Social Life. 4. "(You Make Me Feel) Mighty Real": Hypermasculine Sexuality and Gender Confirmation. 5. "Midnight Love Affair": Gay Masculinity and Emotional Intimacy
Pt. II. The Death of the Gay Clone. 6. Bad Blood: The Health Commissioner, the Tuskegee Experiment, and AIDS Policy [1983]. 7. Fearing Fear Itself [1984]. 8. Men and AIDS / Michael Kimmel and Martin Levine. 9. The Myth of Sexual Compulsivity / Martin Levine and Richard Troiden. 10. The Motives of Gay Men for Taking or Not Taking the HIV Antibody Test / Karolynn Siegal, Martin Levine and Charles Brooks [et al.]. 11. Unprotected Sex: Understanding Gay Men's Participation / Martin Levine and Karolynn Siegal.
Summary
Before gay liberation, gay men were usually perceived as failed men - "inverts," men trapped in women's bodies. The 1970s saw a radical shift in gay male culture, as a male homosexuality emerged that embraced a more traditional masculine ethos. The gay "clone," a muscle-bound, sexually free, hard-living Marlboro man, appeared in the gay enclaves of major cities, changing forever the face of gay male culture.
Gay Macho presents the ethnography of this homosexual clone. Martin P. Levine, a pioneer of the sociological study of homosexuality, was among the first social scientists to map the emergence of a gay community and this new style of gay masculinity. Levine was a participant in as well as an observer of gay culture in the 1970s, and this perspective allowed him to capture the true flavor of what it was like to be a gay man before AIDS.
Later chapters, based on Levine's pathbreaking empirical research, explore some of the epidemiological and social consequences of the AIDS epidemic on this particular substratum of the gay community. Although Levine explicitly rejects pathologizing the gay men afflicted with HIV, his work develops a scathing, feminist-inspired critique of masculinity, whether practiced by gay men or straight men.
Gay Macho presents the ethnography of this homosexual clone. Martin P. Levine, a pioneer of the sociological study of homosexuality, was among the first social scientists to map the emergence of a gay community and this new style of gay masculinity. Levine was a participant in as well as an observer of gay culture in the 1970s, and this perspective allowed him to capture the true flavor of what it was like to be a gay man before AIDS.
Later chapters, based on Levine's pathbreaking empirical research, explore some of the epidemiological and social consequences of the AIDS epidemic on this particular substratum of the gay community. Although Levine explicitly rejects pathologizing the gay men afflicted with HIV, his work develops a scathing, feminist-inspired critique of masculinity, whether practiced by gay men or straight men.
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Gay Macho presents the ethnography of this homosexual clone. Martin P. Levine, a pioneer of the sociological study of homosexuality, was among the first social scientists to map the emergence of a gay community and this new style of gay masculinity. Levine was a participant in as well as an observer of gay culture in the 1970s, and this perspective allowed him to capture the true flavor of what it was like to be a gay man before AIDS.
Later chapters, based on Levine's pathbreaking empirical research, explore some of the epidemiological and social consequences of the AIDS epidemic on this particular substratum of the gay community. Although Levine explicitly rejects pathologizing the gay men afflicted with HIV, his work develops a scathing, feminist-inspired critique of masculinity, whether practiced by gay men or straight men.
Later chapters, based on Levine's pathbreaking empirical research, explore some of the epidemiological and social consequences of the AIDS epidemic on this particular substratum of the gay community. Although Levine explicitly rejects pathologizing the gay men afflicted with HIV, his work develops a scathing, feminist-inspired critique of masculinity, whether practiced by gay men or straight men.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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KF4754.5 .L48 1998
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English
ISBN
0814746942 alkaline paper
9780814746943 alkaline paper
0814746950 paperback alkaline paper
9780814746950 paperback alkaline paper
9780814746943 alkaline paper
0814746950 paperback alkaline paper
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