Vulgar Genres: Gay Pornographic Writing and Contemporary Fiction
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Book Overview Vulgar Genres examines gay pornographic writing, showing how literary fiction was both informed by pornography and amounts to a commentar...
Vulgar Genres examines gay pornographic writing, showing how literary fiction was both informed by pornography and amounts to a commentary on the genre's relation to queer male erotic life.
Long fixated on visual forms, the field of porn studies is overdue for a book-length study of gay pornographic writing. Steven Ruszczycky delivers with an impressively researched work on the ways gay pornographic writing emerged as a distinct genre in the 1960s and went on to shape queer male subjectivity well into the new millennium.
Ranging over four decades, Ruszczycky draws on a large archive of pulp novels and short fiction, lifestyle magazines and journals, reviews, editorial statements, and correspondence. He puts these materials in conversation with works by a number of contemporary writers, including William Carney, Dennis Cooper, Samuel Delany, John Rechy, and Matthew Stadler. While focused on the years 1966 to 2005, Vulgar Genres reveals that the history of gay pornographic writing during this period informs much of what has happened online over the past twenty years, from cruising to the production of digital pornographic texts. The result is a milestone in porn studies and an important contribution to the history of gay life.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 224 | Language: English | Publisher: UNIV OF CHICAGO PR | ISBN: 022678875X
FormatPaperback
Pages224
LanguageEnglish
ISBN022678875X
EAN9780226788753
PublisherUNIV OF CHICAGO PR
Publication Date2022-01-11
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.65 Pounds
Length9.0 Inches
Width6.0 Inches
Height0.46 Inches
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