Gay Macho The Life and Death of the Homosexual Clone

Name: Gay Macho The Life and Death of the Homosexual Clone
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ISBN: 9780814746950

ISBN-10: 0814746950

ISBN-13: 9780814746950

Edition: 1998

Authors: Martin P. Levine, Michael Kimmel

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"This book seems destined to become a eulogy for the important contributions that Martin Levine made to the sociological study of sexuality, gender, and AIDS."Men and Masculinities 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 Machopresents the ethnography of this homosexual clone.Martin P. Levine, a pioneer of the sociological…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 1/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 274
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Editor's Preface


Acknowledgments



The Birth of the Gay Clone


Introduction: "So Many Men, So Little Time": Toward a Sociology of the Gay Male Clone



"It's Raining Men": The Sociology of Gay Masculinity



"Y.M.C.A.": The Social Organization of Gay Male Life



"(I Wanna Be a) Macho Man": The Masculinization of Clone Social Life



"(You Make Me Feel) Mighty Real": Hypermasculine Sexuality and Gender Confirmation



"Midnight Love Affair": Gay Masculinity and Emotional Intimacy


References to Part One



The Death of the Gay Clone



Bad Blood: The Health Commissioner, the Tuskegee Experiment, and AIDS Policy [1983]



Fearing Fear Itself [1984]



Men and AIDS [1989]




The Myth of Sexual Compulsivity [1988]




The Motives of Gay Men for Taking or Not Taking the HIV Antibody Test [1989]




Unprotected Sex: Understanding Gay Men's Participation [1992]




The Implications of Constructionist Theory for Social Research on the AIDS Epidemic among Gay Men [1992]


Epilogue: Martin P. Levine, 1950-1993


Index


About the Editor