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Title: Who's a Pretty Boy Then?: One Hundred & Fifty Years of Gay Life in Pictures by James Gardiner ISBN: 1-85242-513-X Publisher: Serpent's Tail Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A multifacteted overview
Comment: To dismiss this book as just an excuse to dredge up some titillating photographs for the purpose of publishing is an injustice. This collection is an historical perspective on many levels - the camera as a art form since its invention, a survey of sociolgical transformations as to the perception of homosexuality, the psychological sweep from the closet to the stage to Stonewall to the AIDS bedside and beyond. There are many many captured moments that seem voyeuristic in the best sense of the word in that the spontaneity of individuals interacting as well as groups entertaining are fresh and often off guard. Here is a portfolio of tenderness, of hilarity, and of tragedy. Would that there were more essays interspersed to document the various periods traversd. But then we must also pay homage to the phrase "a picture is worth a thousand words". Well worth your time.
Rating: 2
Summary: Extremely Narrow Definition of Gay Life
Comment: Mostly British queens (the term the author prefers), with a chatty text presuming an intimate knowledge of the minutiae of the British drag queen subculture of the last 50 years. Few masculine men, although some muscle boys were included for the fun of it (including some who were straight and homophobic, such as bodybuilder Eugene Sandow). Few Americans or other Europeans, not a single person of color (except for a few entertainers). No lesbians at all. Big emphasis on sex-and-drugs, minimal coverage of social and political organizing -- Stonewall rates a blip.
Some of the photos are engaging, but overall the book presents a limited, even claustrophobic picture. There is nothing wrong with the idea of a photo album about British queens, but one should frame it as a view into a distinctive subculture, not about "gay life" in general. Also, an idiosyncratic classification system makes it difficult to connect pictures with legends. Not recommended.
Rating: 4
Summary: We were everywhere
Comment: A great book of wonderful pictures that proves that men have been loving men for quite some times. Really great eye candy with a historical perspective.
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Title: Picturing Men: A Century of Male Relationships in Everyday American Photography by John Ibson ISBN: 1588340554 Publisher: Smithsonian Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: Dear Friends: American Photographs of Men Together, 1840-1918 by David Deitcher ISBN: 0810957124 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Strongman: Vintage Photos of a Masculine Icon by Robert Mainardi, Jules Bacon ISBN: 1571781013 Publisher: Council Oak Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: A Class Apart by James Gardiner, Montague Charles Glover ISBN: 1852427280 Publisher: Serpent's Tail Pub. Date: 15 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Love Stories: Sex Between Men Before Homosexuality by Jonathan Ned Katz ISBN: 0226426165 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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