How To Be Gay by Mark Halperin
A cultural and theoretical exploration of how gay male identity is shaped less by sexual orientation than by learned sensibilities—styles of feeling, taste, and interpretation—circulated through traditions like camp, diva worship, melodrama, and musicals. Blending memoir with close readings of popular culture, it shows how these shared ways of seeing foster community, resilience, and pleasure, while engaging debates about stereotyping, assimilation, and visibility, and ultimately defends the distinct value and continuity of gay male culture.
- Published
- 2012
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 560
- Original Language
- English
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(3.0)
- Alternate Titles
- None
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