Autopornography

Author : Scott O'Hara
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0789001446

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Autopornography by Scott O'Hara Pdf

In this provocative book, retired porn star Scott O'Hara (known as “Spunk” by many of his fans from an early punk photospread) gives a backstage look at the world of pornography, revealing why he loved it, what he got out of it, and why he left it. In an autobiographical style, he considers and poses answers to some fascinating questions: What is sex? What makes a porn star? And why does pornography really upset people? You'll really get to know this noted gay porn star as you get a firsthand look at his life experiences and sexual journeys from his boyhood days of locker room fantasies and sexual experimentation to his years as a porn star and then to his experiences as an individual facing the realities of being HIV-positive. As O'Hara puts it in his Introduction: “This book was written as a last-ditch effort: a way to open up all my closets, let you in on all the dark corners of my life, and give you a better picture of what goes into the making of a porn star. Because if there's one profession that arouses people's curiosity, it's that one.” As you read through the pages of Autopornography, you'll see how O'Hara's personality reflects his sexuality, that is, how they have melded into one. His vivid descriptions of personal relationships (with family, friends, lovers, and casual acquaintances) and his many sexual encounters as he traveled the world reveal his love of sex and his desire to live without inhibitions, secrets, or sexual constraints. Reading Autopornography may cause you to reexamine your own sexual boundaries, realize new sexual potential, and discover sexual desires not previously aroused. Listed #14 on Books Bought Mainly by Men 1997 Top 100 Bestsellers as rated by A Different Light Bookstore!

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Art and motion pictures
ISBN : STANFORD:36105015149565

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Cinematograph by Anonim Pdf

Author : Andrew R. Gottlieb
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0789006146

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Out of the Twilight by Andrew R. Gottlieb Pdf

Out of the Twilight: Fathers of Gay Men Speak is a qualitative study that explores how fathers of gay sons dealt with discovering that their sons were gay and what affect, if any, it had on their development as parents and as people. Therapists who work with gay men and their families will find historical and analytic theories and case examples in order to examine this topic. Containing firsthand accounts from fathers and discussions of their stories, this comprehensive and easy-to-read book will help you understand and assist clients with the difficulties and joys of a father/ gay son relationship.

Author : Tim Dean
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2000-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780226139357

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Beyond Sexuality by Tim Dean Pdf

Beyond Sexuality points contemporary sexual politics in a radically new direction. Combining a psychoanalytic emphasis on the unconscious with a deep respect for the historical variability of sexual identities, this original work of queer theory makes the case for viewing erotic desire as fundamentally impersonal. Tim Dean develops a reading of Jacques Lacan that—rather than straightening out this notoriously difficult French psychoanalyst—brings out the queer tensions and productive incoherencies in his account of desire. Dean shows how the Lacanian unconscious "deheterosexualizes" desire, and along the way he reveals how psychoanalytic thinkers as well as queer theorists have failed to exploit the full potential of this conception of desire. The book elaborates this by investigating social fantasies about homosexuality and AIDS, including gay men's own fantasies about sex and promiscuity, in an attempt to illuminate the challenges facing safe-sex education. Taking on many shibboleths in contemporary psychoanalysis and queer theory—and taking no prisoners—Beyond Sexuality offers an antidote to hagiographical strains in recent work on psychoanalysis, Foucault, and sexuality.

Author : Jerzy Durczak,Paweł Frelik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : American literature
ISBN : IND:30000086188871

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American Portraits and Self-portraits by Jerzy Durczak,Paweł Frelik Pdf

Author : Sonya L. Jones,John P. De Cecco
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UVA:X004423585

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A Sea of Stories by Sonya L. Jones,John P. De Cecco Pdf

A Sea of Stories is a collection of personal narratives that explores homosexuality in U.S. history and how this shaped literature. Some of the story topics you will explore include sex and sin in the South, selling gay literature before Stonewall, stories of queer youth, growing up gay in India, two grooms, and much more.

Author : K. Jaishankar
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781315351506

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Interpersonal Criminology by K. Jaishankar Pdf

Based on peer-reviewed articles from the Second International Conference of the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology, Interpersonal Criminology investigates the roots of crime and victimization, rather than dissecting criminal behavior after the fact. The book divides crime by type, covering crimes against women, crimes against children and youths, culture conflict and victimization of groups, and interpersonal cybercrimes. Perfect for criminal justice practitioners and advanced human rights, criminology, and victimology students, Interpersonal Criminology explores the complexities of crime and interpersonal events in both established and emerging fields of criminology, including those concerning women and minorities.

Author : Kelly Hannah-Moffat,Pat O'Malley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781135307813

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Gendered Risks by Kelly Hannah-Moffat,Pat O'Malley Pdf

Edited and contributed to by a collection of eminent international scholars in the field, this is the first book to explore the gendered aspects of risk. It analyzes what is currently known and identifies some of the new directions and challenges for research and theory that emerge from thinking of risk as a governmental technique; as a form of consciousness and action and as a political issue, shaped by, and shaping gender in contemporary society.

Author : Tristan Taormino,Constance Penley,Celine Shimizu,Mireille Miller-Young
Publisher : The Feminist Press at CUNY
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781558618183

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The Feminist Porn Book by Tristan Taormino,Constance Penley,Celine Shimizu,Mireille Miller-Young Pdf

The Feminist Porn Book celebrates the power of desire, turning the spotlight on an industry where feminism is thriving.

Author : M. Davis,C. Squire
Publisher : Springer
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230297050

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HIV Treatment and Prevention Technologies in International Perspective by M. Davis,C. Squire Pdf

This edited collection investigates the biomedical and social technologies used to control the HIV pandemic through case studies and critical commentaries from Africa, Europe, North America and Australia. With reference to global and local complexities, the volume engages with HIV treatment access, community-based health promotion, sexual health, HIV prevention and the relations between treatment and prevention. The volume includes chapters from leading authors in their fields and takes a trans-disciplinary approach by making reference to theoretical and empirical research from sociology, psychology, cultural studies and science and technology studies, thus helping to establish new ways of understanding current and future configurations of HIV technologies.

Author : Todd Morrison
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317972297

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Eclectic Views on Gay Male Pornography by Todd Morrison Pdf

A unique, multifaceted look at the meaning (and the specifics) of gay male pornography Open any “gay lifestyle” magazine (even the serious ones) or go to any gay bar, and you’re likely to encounter something related to pornography, be it an image of a porn “superstar” or advertisements for pornographic magazines, DVDs, calendars, etc. Eclectic Views on Gay Male Pornography Pornucopia examines this phenomenon with a series of provocative essays, in which experts in history, law, media studies, and psychology, as well as laypeople and gay porn insiders explore the complex world of male pornography and the various ways in which it has permeated gay culture—from the 1970s until today. This first-of-its-kind book examines the phenomenon of self-writing and performance for gay men in the last century, specifically looking at the lives of modern-day performance artist Tim Miller, who has received national recognition for his one-man shows portraying his struggles as a gay man; Wakefield Poole (born 1936), the first producer of gay pornography (Bijou, Boys in the Sand) in the era accompanying the emergence of the gay rights movement; gay adult film icon Scott “Spunk” O’Hara (born 1961); and Aaron Lawrence (born 1971), who worked as a gay escort, actor, and producer/director of his own sexually explicit “amateur” videos. In this groundbreaking analysis of gay men’s relationship with pornography, you’ll also learn about: gay pornography and the messages it carries about intimacy, body image, and hegemonic masculinity representations of ethnicity in gay pornography gay pornography and safer sex gay pornography and censorship viewers’ perceptions of gay pornography gay pornography and internalized homophobia, misogyny, and body fascism changes in the way gay pornography is produced and performed—from the 1970s through the 1990s the meaning of the recurring settings in American gay pornographic videos: prison, the military, and other all-male environments; and recurring themes: leather, S/M, dissatisfaction with heterosexual life, initiation into gay life, etc. In addition, Eclectic Views on Gay Male Pornography presents two fascinating chapters about the case of Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium in Vancouver. In this landmark case, the Canadian Supreme Court was asked to determine whether gay male pornography violated the sex equality protections guaranteed by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The court also examined the way that Canada Customs treats international shipments to gay and lesbian bookstores. In addition, the book provides a revealing insider’s perspective on the gay adult video industry that contrasts the workaday reality of making porn with the glamorous mythology of the skin trade.

Author : Loretta Lees
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0761973877

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The Emancipatory City? by Loretta Lees Pdf

The ambivalent status of urban space in terms of emancipation, democratisation, justice and citizenship is central to recent work in urban geography. Through exploration of the tensions and possibilities between freedoms and constraints offered by the city, the authors build on current perspectives to present an analysis of urban experience.

Author : Lester B Brown
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317994701

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Two Spirit People by Lester B Brown Pdf

Two Spirit People is the first-ever look at social science research exploration into the lives of American Indian lesbian women and gay men. Editor Lester B. Brown posits six gender styles in traditional American Indian culture: men and women, not-men and not-women (persons of one biological sex assuming the identity of the opposite sex in some form), and gays and lesbians. He brings together chapters that emphasize American Indian spirituality, present new perspectives, and provide readers with a beginning understanding of the place of lesbian, gay, and bisexual Indians within American Indian culture and within American society. This beginning will help you understand these unique people and the special challenges and multiple prejudices they face. Traditionally, American Indian cultures showed great respect and honor for alternative gender styles, since these were believed to be part of the sacred web of life. If the Great Spirit chose to create alternative sexualities or gender roles, who was bold enough to oppose such power? If one’s spiritual quest revealed one’s identity to be that of not-woman, not-man, gay, or lesbian, who should defy their calling? The interpretation of contemporary American Indian religions that gay American Indians retain sacred rights within Indian cultures, and that they can share this gift with others, have implications for therapy, identity formation, social movements, and general human relations. Social workers and other human service professionals, American Indian studies students, sociologists, anthropologists, and lesbian and gay scholars will find Two Spirit People enlightening and a significant contribution to the development of professional interventions for oppressed groups that is ethnically and culturally sensitive. Only by understanding the belief systems from which these oppressed groups come will you begin to really help them achieve positive change. You will become better equipped to specifically help gay and lesbian American Indians as you gain insight into: American Indian alternative gender styles social service issues for American Indian lesbians and gay men American Indian not-men and not-women and their choosing ceremonies American Indian lesbian and gay identity development American Indian lesbian and gay literature AIDS and American Indians Two Spirit People helps you see that family and community acceptance of lesbians and gays is possible. The families of American Indian lesbians and gays do not usually abandon them, thus helping them face a generally unaccepting American milieu. Looking to this book and the American Indian perspective of alternative sexuality/gender styles, American society as a whole can begin to take a new approach to the treatment and understanding of other groups traditionally held to the “outside” of American mainstream society.

Author : Teresa Theophano
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Gays
ISBN : 0807079065

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Queer Quotes by Teresa Theophano Pdf

Hundreds of inspirational, humorous, and provocative quotations about being queer What is a queer quote? It's a reflection on love and romance, culture and art, family and friends, and the foibles and follies of life. It's an insight into not only what it means to be gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender in our society, but what it means to be human. It's fresh, entertaining, and celebratory. Queer Quotes is a compendium of wit and wisdom from well-known historical and contemporary cultural figures-from Oscar Wilde to Rita Mae Brown, from Quentin Crisp to Sandra Bernhardt, from James Baldwin to RuPaul. Often amusing, the quotes are also thought-provoking and up-to-date, and chapters ranging from "Love and Gay Marriage" to "Out of the Closets, into the Streets" to "HIV/AIDS" to "Queer History" reflect this book's scope. Including an index as well as short biographies of all the individuals quoted, Queer Quotes is a wonderful resource and an ideal gift book. SELECT LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS: Paula Gunn Allen, Dorothy Allison, Pedro Almodovar, James Baldwin, Tallulah Bankhead, Simone de Beauvoir, Sandra Bernhardt, Chastity Bono, Susie Bright, Truman Capote, Kate Clinton, Ellen DeGeneres, Melissa Etheridge, Leslie Feinberg, Harvey Fierstein, Barney Frank, Jewelle Gomez, Larry Kramer, Liberace, Greg Louganis, Audre Lorde, Sir Ian McKellen, Isaac Mizrahi, Boy George, Armistead Maupin, Martina Navratilova, Adrienne Rich, Marlon Riggs, Eleanor Roosevelt, Urvashi Vaid, Gore Vidal, John Waters, Edmund White, Oscar Wilde.

Author : Peter Aggleton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006-12-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781135358846

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Men Who Sell Sex by Peter Aggleton Pdf

Men Who Sell Sex is the first comprehensive international account of male prostitution and AIDS. While much is known about female prostitution and sex work, relatively little is known about men who sell sex - either to women or other men. This book brings together an authoritative collection of essays from different countries and examines sexual behaviour, the reasons men sell sex, the meanings involved, and implications for HIV prevention. The authors are all experts in their fields and individual chapters offer a compelling description of the reasons men sell sex and the pleasures and risks involved.