Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gay liberation movement
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
The Advocate
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gay liberation movement
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
The Revenge of Hatpin Mary
Author: Chad DellPublisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9780820472706
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This book may set down the myth of June Cleaver once and for all. Chad Dell deftly details a 1950s revolution in the making: millions of women of all ages flocked to wrestling arenas across the country, drawn to a parade of glistening bodies, purple satin capes and characters such as Gorgeous George and Killer Kowalski while millions more roared their approval as they watched on television. Dell's analysis of television broadcasts, media artifacts, fan club ephemera and interviews with wrestlers and their fans paints a new portrait of women in the 1950s who embraced the power of their passions.
Athletic Model Guild
Author: Bob MizerPublisher:
ISBN: 9789071934025
Category : Bodybuilding
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts
Author: Claude SummersPublisher: Cleis Press Start
ISBN: 1573448745
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
A distinctly queer presence permeates the history of the visual arts — from Michelangelo's David and homoerotic images on ancient Greek vases to Frida Kahlo's self-portraits and the photography of Claude Cahun and Robert Mapplethorpe. The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts is a comprehensive work showcasing the enormous contribution of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer artists to painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and architecture. International in scope, the volume includes overviews of the various periods in art history, from Classical Art to Contemporary Art and from African Art to Erotic and Pornographic Art; discussions of topics ranging from AIDS Activism in the Arts, Censorship in the Arts, and the Arts and Crafts Movement to Pulp Paperbacks and Their Covers; surveys of the representation of various subjects in the visual arts, from Androgyny to Vampires; and biographical entries on significant figures in the history of art, such as Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, El Greco, Leonardo da Vinci, David Hockney, Ruth Bernhard, Rosa Bonheur, Romaine Brooks, Simeon Solomon, and Nahum Zenil. Includes more than 100 illustrations and photographs.
Physique
Author: Winston LeylandPublisher:
ISBN: 9780917342943
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Photo anthology of male models from the Los Angeles Athletic Model Guild, from the 1940s to the early 1980s.
Researching Historical Broadcast Audiences
Author: Chad Edward DellSilent Topics
Author: Anthony SlidePublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810850163
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
In Silent Topics, film historian Anthony Slide looks at various under-discussed and generally undocumented areas of silent film. The two lengthiest essays discuss the release of British silent films in the United States and the contribution of gays and lesbians to American silent film. Other essays examine the cost of silent film production, the "Great Events" series produced by Technicolor in the 1920s, and the manner in which early sheet music exploited silent film personalities. There are career essays on the screen's first special effects specialist, Roy Pomeroy, actor/minister Neal Dodd, and Margerie Bonner, the wife of novelist Malcolm Lowry. Silent Topics also includes the only known interview with the most prominent of silent film composers, David Mendoza, as well as a personal discussion on the lack of talent among a number of silent screen actors and actresses.
Greek Athletic Sports and Festivals
Author: Edward Norman GardinerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Crazy Is My Superpower
Author: A. J. MendezPublisher: Crown
ISBN: 045149668X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The New York Times Bestseller Recently retired WWE superstar AJ Mendez Brooks is a powerhouse—strong, quirky, and totally confident. But that wasn’t always the case. With humor and tremendous heart, she opens up for the first time about her harrowing struggle to understand her demons and the diagnosis that helped her gain control over her life. Everything I was told should be my greatest insecurities and weaknesses, everything that I’ve been labeled—SHORT, NERDY, SKINNY, WEAK, IMPULSIVE, UGLY, TOMBOY, POOR, REBEL, LOUD, FREAK, CRAZY—turned out to be my greatest strengths. I didn’t become successful in spite of them. I became successful because of them. Growing up AJ was a quiet girl trying to act “normal” when she felt anything but. As her family struggled with drug addiction, poverty, and mental illness, she found escape through comic books and video games, and was inspired by the tough and unconventional female characters. It wasn’t until she discovered pro wrestling that she learned superheroes could be real. Determined to become the superhero she’d always admired, AJ trained and sacrificed for years to achieve her dream of wrestling professionally. Yet she quickly faced industry pressure to play the role of the damsel in distress and to dress more provocatively to cater to male fans. But she fought back and created an ass-kicking alter ego that was a genuine representation of herself: nerdy, enthusiastic, and a little bit crazy. With humor and tremendous heart, AJ opens up for the first time about her harrowing struggle to understand her demons and the mental illness diagnosis that helped her gain control over her life. What most people view as a hardship, AJ embraced as inspiration for her superhero persona, shattering the stigma attached to mental illness. Charting her journey from a scrappy girl in an unstable home to an empowered wrestling champion, Crazy Is My Superpower is an unflinchingly honest story and brave confessional about her long road to self-acceptance.
Hollywood Nudes
Author: Fred KovertPublisher: Heretic Books
ISBN: 9780854492947
Category : Photography of men
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Physique photos from 1940's/50's Hollywood. Fred Kovert recorded Hollywood's golden boys. In these fully informed art physique poses Fred always insisted on complete nudity and full frontals from his models - for which he was heavily persecuted.