The Bear Book II Further Readings in the History and Evolution of a Gay Male Subculture 1st Edition by Les Wright 0789006367 9780789006363

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ISBN 10: 0789006367 

ISBN 13: 9780789006363

Author: Les K. Wright

Here is a serious discussion of an emerging gay subculture! Take another fascinating journey into the bear’s den with the latest offering from Les Wright, author of The Bear Book. The Bear Book II will show you the contrast between the media image of the fun-loving, carefree bear man and the health, image, psychological, technological, and sexual concerns of bears living in the real world. A continuation of The Bear Book (1997), this study of typically big, hairy, and bearded gay men explores bears on a societal and personal level, giving a wide voice to bears of all ages, nationalities, and cultures. Among the topics The Bear Book II: Further Readings in the History and Evolution of a Gay Male Subculture discusses are: health concerns of bears bear body images self-esteem issues for bears physical and psychological bear attributes as portrayed in the media versus actual individual accounts social and sexual institutions in the bear community the role of the Internet in creating a global bear subculture The Bear Book II will help you to understand the life of a bear. This unique book, the only serious exploration of this topic, offers documentation of a subculture in the making, complete with subjective and analytical perspectives that support this example of postmodern cultural anthropology.

Table of contents:

Part I: Bear Bodies
Chapter 1. Bears and Health
Chapter 2. Fat Is a Bearish Issue
Chapter 3. Bear Youth: An Interview with Brian Kearns, Bear Youth Webmaster
Chapter 4. By Any Otter Name: The Negative Space of the Bear
Chapter 5. The Beard of Joseph Palmer

Part II: Bear Testimonies
Chapter 6. A Bear Admirer’s (Subjective, Fluffy, and Totally Honest) Point of View
Chapter 7. A Puerto Rican Bear in the USA
Chapter 8. One Black Bear Speaks
Chapter 9. An Asian Bear in Minnesota
Chapter 10. The Ephebe Is Dead—Long Live the Bear
Chapter 11. Parlaying Playmates into Lasting Friendships

Part III: More Bear Spaces
Chapter 12. Theorizing Bearspace
Chapter 13. Paws Between Two Worlds: Bears and the Leather Community
Chapter 14. Gen-X Bears International
Chapter 15. The Bear-A-Tones: An Interview with David Salinas
Chapter 16. East Coast Bear Hugz
Chapter 17. The Bears Mailing List, Part 2: Interview with Henry Mensch

Part IV: Bear Club Scene
Chapter 18. A Bear’s Autobiography
Chapter 19. Bear Contests
Chapter 20. A Short History of Bear Clubs in Iowa: The Bear Paws of Iowa and The Ursine Group
Chapter 21. Houston Area Bears
Chapter 22. The Bears Come to Rochester
Chapter 23. A Short History of the Brisbears

Part V: More Bears Abroad
Chapter 24. A Bear Voice from Turkey
Chapter 25. Falstaff’s Legacy: The Bears of Albion
Chapter 26. The Rise of the Australian Bear Community Since 1995

Part VI: Bears in Media
Chapter 27. You Can Lead a Bear to Culture, but … or Bears in Literature and Culture: A Discussion with David Bergman and Michael Bronski
Chapter 28. Laid Bear: Masculinity with All the Trappings
Chapter 29. In Goldilocks’s Footsteps: Exploring the Discursive Construction of Gay Masculinity in Bear Magazines

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