Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
Indiana University Press (IPS) (1989), 144 pages
Description
No one is brought up to be gay. Lacking the formal support systems--families, schools, churches--gay men rely on their folklore in interacting with one another and to relieve the pressures of belonging to a stigmatized group. Jokes and other forms of humor, language, and personal experience narratives help gay men to identify and communicate with one another--even in straight settings. More Man than You'll Ever Be explores the uses of gay men's folklore. Whether funny or sad, poignant or shocking, each story and joke contains messages, sometimes surprising ones. Goodwin decodes some of these messages to help us understand not only the gay subculture but also ourselves.
Subjects
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
144 p.; 9 inches
ISBN
0253204976 / 9780253204974
Similar in this library
Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940 by George Chauncey
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People In Western Europe From The Beginning Of The Christian Era To The Fourteenth Century: Gay ... of the Christian Era to the 14th Century by John Boswell
Life Outside - The Signorile Report on Gay Men: Sex, Drugs, Muscles, and the Passages of Life by Michelangelo Signorile
Conduct Unbecoming: Lesbians and Gays in the U.S. Military, Vietnam to the Persian Gulf by Randy Shilts