Hard to Imagine: Gay Male Eroticism in Photography and Film from Their Beginnings to Stonewall / Edition 1

by Thomas Waugh

Overview

Spanning more than a century of photography and film, Hard to Imagine is the first visual chronicle of the evolution of gay male image culture, from the canonical works of "art" photography and cinema to the private and often highly explicit productions of amateurs. This comprehensive work explores a vast, eclectic tradition in its totality, analyzing the aesthetics of the visual imagery, its production, circulation, and consumption, and broad social and legal implications.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231099981
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	12/12/1996
Series:	Between Men-Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	488
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Thomas Waugh is professor of film studies at Concordia University, Montreal, and editor of Show Us Life: Towards a History and Aesthetics of Committed Documentary. His articles on the history of homoerotic film and photography have appeared in the Village Voice, Cineaction!, JUMP CUT, The Body Politic, and other publications.

Editorial Reviews

Spanning more than a century of photography and film, this visual chronicle of the evolution of gay male image culture explores a vast, eclectic tradition. Waugh analyzes the aesthetics of the visual imagery of homoerotica as well as its production, circulation, consumption, and broad social and legal implications. His analysis of gay eroticism is accompanied by 377 photographs<-->most of them of nude men<-->ranging from the artful, pansexual works of 19th century European studio photographers to modern commercial efforts. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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