An edition of Getting It on Online (2004)

Getting It on Online

Cyberspace, Gay Male Sexuality, and Embodied Identity (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies) (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies)

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An edition of Getting It on Online (2004)

Getting It on Online

Cyberspace, Gay Male Sexuality, and Embodied Identity (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies) (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies)

"Getting It On Online: Cyberspace, Gay Male Sexuality, and Embodied Identity explores the online embodied experiences of gay men. At once scholarly and sensual, this unique book is the result of a three-year ethnographic study chronicling the activities of three distinct social scenes in the world of Internet Relay Chart (IRC) - virtual spaces constructed by gay men for the erotic exploration of the male body. Examining the vital role the body plays in defining these online spaces, this book offers insight into how gay men negotiate their identities through emerging communication technologies. The author combines a critical look at the role of the body in cyberspace with candid accounts of his own online experiences to challenge conventional views on sex, sexuality, and embodied identity." "Getting It On Online provides an inside look at three specific online communities - gaychub (a community celebrating male obesity), gaymuscle (a community formulated around images of the muscular male body), and gaymusclebears (a space representing the erotic convergence of the obese and muscular male bodies emerging out of the gay male "bear" subculture) - in an effort to unsettle those models of beauty and the erotic depicted in more mainstream media. The book demonstrates how the social position of these men in the physical world in regard to age, race, gender, class, and physical beauty influences their online experiences. Far from a realm of bodiless exultation, Getting It On Online illustrates how the flesh remains very much present in cyberspace."--BOOK JACKET.

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Language
English
Pages
221

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First Sentence

"Revelations can be found in the most mundane of moments."

Classifications

Library of Congress
HQ75.14 .C36 2004, HQ75.14.C36 2004, HQ75.14 .C36 2004eb

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
221
Dimensions
8.2 x 6 x 0.7 inches
Weight
14.4 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8614404M
ISBN 10
1560234326
ISBN 13
9781560234326
LCCN
2003012259
OCLC/WorldCat
876592204, 52386365
Library Thing
2318232
Goodreads
2017919

First Sentence

"Revelations can be found in the most mundane of moments."

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