David K. Johnson

Buying Gay

How Physique Entrepreneurs Sparked a Movement

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Produktbeschreibung

David K. Johnson tells the story of the physique magazine produced by and for gay men to show how gay commerce was not a byproduct of the gay-rights movement but an important catalyst for it. He offers a vivid look into the lives of physique entrepreneurs and their customers, presenting a wealth of illustrations.

Produktdetails

• Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism
• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 688g
• ISBN-13: 9780231189101
• ISBN-10: 0231189109
• Artikelnr.: 52821637

Autorenporträt

David K. Johnson is professor of history at the University of South Florida. He is the author of The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government (2004), which was made into an award-winning documentary.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
List of Illustrations
Introduction
1. Emerging from the Muscle Magazines: Bob Mizer's Athletic Model Guild
2. Selling Gay Books: Donald Webster Cory's "Business with a Conscience"
3. The Grecian Guild: Imagining a Gay Past, and Future
4. "I Want a Pen Pal!": Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield and the
Adonis Male Club
5. Defending a Naked Boy: Lynn Womack at the Supreme Court
6. Consolidating the Market: DSI of Minneapolis
7. The Physique Legacy
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Notes
Index