Buying gay : how physique entrepreneurs sparked a movement / David K. Johnson
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TextSeries: Columbia studies in the history of U.S. capitalismPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 308 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780231548175
- 0231548176
- Gay men -- United States -- History
- Gay erotica -- United States -- History
- Bodybuilding -- United States -- Periodicals -- History
- Gay consumers -- United States -- History
- Gay business enterprises -- United States -- History
- Gay rights -- United States -- History
- Homosexuels masculins -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Érotisme homosexuel -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Culturisme -- États-Unis -- Périodiques -- Histoire
- Consommateurs homosexuels -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Entreprises appartenant à des homosexuels -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Homosexuels -- Droits -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Corporate & Business History
- Gay business enterprises
- Gay consumers
- Gay erotica
- Gay men
- Gay rights
- United States
- 306.76/620973 23
- HQ76.3.U5 J583 2019eb
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Description based on online resource, title from digital title page (viewed on August 6, 2020).
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- Emerging from the muscle magazines: Bob Mizer's Athletic Model Guild -- Selling gay books: Donald Webster Cory's "business with a conscience" -- The Grecian Guild: imagining a gay past, and future -- "I want a pen pal!:" Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield and the Adonis Male Club -- Defending a naked boy: Lynn Womack at the Supreme Court -- Consolidating the market: DSI of Minneapolis -- The physique legacy
David K. Johnson tells the story of the physique magazine produced by and for gay men to show how gay commerce was not a byproduct of the gay-rights movement but an important catalyst for it. He offers a vivid look into the lives of physique entrepreneurs and their customers, presenting a wealth of illustrations
In English.
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