Barry Reay

Sex in the archives

Writing American sexual histories

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is an experiment in writing an American sexual history, spanning the spectrum of queer, trans, and the allegedly â normalâ . The sexual histories in this book are those where pornography and sexual research are indistinguishable; where personal obsession becomes tomorrowâ s archive. -- .

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781526124531
• ISBN-10: 152612453X
• Artikelnr.: 53303195

Autorenporträt

Barry Reay holds the Keith Sinclair Chair in History at the University of Auckland, New Zealand

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 The lure of the archive 2 Sexual portraits: Edward Melcarth
and homoeroticism in modern American art (co-authored with Erin Griffey) 3
Autoarchivism: Alfred Kinsey's informants 4 Promiscuous intimacies:
rethinking the history of American casual sex 5 A transgender story: the
diaries of Louis Graydon Sullivan 6 Sex in the archives: David Louis
Bowie's New York diaries, 1978- 93 7 ANONYMOUS and Badboy Books: a 1990s
moment in the history of pornography (co-authored with Nina Attwood) 8 The
body as amusement park: a quick history of masturbation 9 Queer Baltimore:
the photography of Amos Badertscher (co-authored with Branka Bogdan) Index