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Faeries, bears, and leathermen : men in community queering the masculine /

Over time, male homosexuality and effeminacy have become indelibly associated, sometimes even synonymous. In Faeries, Bears, and Leathermen, Peter Hennen contends that this stigma of effeminacy exerts a powerful influence on gay subcultures. Through a comparative ethnographic analysis of three commu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hennen, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgments; 1 In Their Natures: Gay Men, Queer Men, and Gendered Strategies of Resistance; 2 Girlymen: Cultural and Historical Perspectives on Effeminacy; 3 Fae Spirits and Gender Trouble: Resistance and Compliance among the Radical Faeries; 4 Bear Bodies, Bear Masculinity: Recuperation, Resistance, or Retreat?; 5 Feeling a Bit under the Leather: Hypermasculinity, Performativity, and the Specter of Starched Chiffon; 6 Fielding Questions, Fielding Possibilities; Notes; References; Index.