Sex in the Archives - Barry Reay

Sex in the Archives

Writing American Sexual Histories

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
304 Seiten
2018
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-2454-8 (ISBN)
24,90 inkl. MwSt
This book is an experiment in writing an American sexual history, spanning the spectrum of queer, trans, and the allegedly ‘normal’. The sexual histories in this book are those where pornography and sexual research are indistinguishable; where personal obsession becomes tomorrow’s archive. -- .
The archive has assumed a new significance in the history of sex, and this book visits a series of such archives, including the Kinsey Institute’s erotic art; gay masturbatory journals in the New York Public Library; the private archive of an amateur pornographer; and one man’s lifetime photographic dossier on Baltimore hustlers. Shedding new light on American sexual history, the topics covered are both fascinating and wide-ranging: the art history of homoeroticism; casual sex before hooking-up; transgender; New York queer sex; masturbation; pornography; sex in the city.

This book will appeal to a wide readership: those interested in American studies, sexuality studies, contemporary history, the history of sex, psychology, anthropology, sociology, gender studies, queer studies, trans studies, pornography studies, visual studies, museum studies, and media studies. -- .

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

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 -- .

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 80 black & white illustrations
Verlagsort Manchester
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Gewicht 354 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sexualität / Partnerschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-5261-2454-8 / 1526124548
ISBN-13 978-1-5261-2454-8 / 9781526124548
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