Buying gay : how physique entrepreneurs sparked a movement / David K. Johnson.
Buying gay : how physique entrepreneurs sparked a movement / David K. Johnson.
Buying gay : how physique entrepreneurs sparked a movement / David K. Johnson.
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
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G 2019/4358
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 308 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
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...
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
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Summary
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...
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Buying gay : how physique entrepreneurs sparked a movement / David K. Johnson.
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Columbia studies in the history of U.S. capitalism
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-291) and index.
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©2019
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G 2019/4358
Record Identifier
74VKV5w4GVNb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV5w4GVNb
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ISBN
0231189109 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9780231189101 hardcover ; alkaline paper
DDC
306.76620973
MMS ID
991024266019302626
