Race and Masculinity in Gay Men''s Pornography - Deconstructing the Big Black Beast

This book systematically analyses representations of Black masculinity in gay men's pornography. This book unpacks 1) the character of pornographic representations of queer Black masculinity and 2) how these representations vary between corporate and non-corporate producers.

List of contents

1. Unpacking Porn: Race, Sexuality, and Masculinity
2. The Insolubility of Black and Queer
3. Porn, Past and Present
4. Identity, Power, and Performativity
5. Procedures and Analyses
6. Dark Phalluses: Preoccupation and Dismemberment
7. Missing Links: Primitiveness and Primality
8. Separate Spaces: Bifurcation and Essentialism
9. Can the Subaltern Fuck?

About the author

Desmond Francis Goss earned a BA in Psychology, an MA in Public Sociology, and a PhD in Sociology from Georgia State University in 2017, where he is now a Lecturer and Founding Director of the Social Justice Certificate Program. He is a theory-driven qualitative scholar, whose research and teaching involves critical analyses of identity, lived experience, and power, at the intersection of race, gender, and sexuality. His work is published in the edited volumes Sex Matters (2018) and Focus on Social Problems (2016/2017).

Summary

This book systematically analyses representations of Black masculinity in gay men?s pornography. This book unpacks 1) the character of pornographic representations of queer Black masculinity and 2) how these representations vary between corporate and non-corporate producers.

Product details

• Authors: Desmond Francis Goss, Desmond Francis (Georgia State University Goss
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9780367902735
• ISBN: 978-0-367-90273-5
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Routledge Research in Race and Ethnicity
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Gay & Lesbian studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General