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.



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

Inhalt
Introduction1 The lure of the archive2 Sexual portraits: Edward Melcarth and homoeroticism in modern American art (co-authored with Erin Griffey)3 Autoarchivism: Alfred Kinsey's informants4 Promiscuous intimacies: rethinking the history of American casual sex5 A transgender story: the diaries of Louis Graydon Sullivan6 Sex in the archives: David Louis Bowie's New York diaries, 1978 937 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 masturbation9 Queer Baltimore: the photography of Amos Badertscher (co-authored with Branka Bogdan)Index
Titel
Sex in the archives
Untertitel
Writing American sexual histories
EAN
9781526124555
Format
E-Book (epub)
Veröffentlichung
10.12.2018
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
5.66 MB
Anzahl Seiten
304