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Buying gay : how physique entrepreneurs sparked a movement / David K. Johnson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Columbia studies in the history of U.S. capitalismPublication details: New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2019.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231548175
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HQ76 .B895 2019
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Contents:
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.
Subject: 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.
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Includes bibliographies 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.

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