Document Type
Article
Abstract
[First paragraph]
In Culture Clash: The Making of Gay Sensibility, Michael Bronski argues that dramatic differences occurred in gay male pornographic magazines around the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City. With a sample of gay male print pornography my partner and I have collected, ranging from 1966 to 1970, this article will explore the differences proposed by Bronski and ultimately prove their truth. On the surface, it does appear that the magazines prior to 1969 attempt to masquerade their gay prurience while the artifacts published after 1969 had shed the shame and secrecy of "the closet" rejoiced in the freedom of love that had hitherto dared to speak its name. Beginning with an exploration of the roles and brief, particularized, history of pornography in gay male culture, I will examine the artifacts, through the lens of Bronski's argument.
Repository Citation
Smith, Jeremiah. "From Johnson to Nixon: Narrative Shifts in Gay Male Pornography." Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture vol. 1, no. 1, 2001, pp. 1–10. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/reconstruction/vol1/iss1/21
Appendix [contains explicit content which may be objectionable to some]
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Comments
Appendix with images is available as an additional file. WARNING: images contain explicit graphic content which may be objectionable to some.