{"product_id":"hard-to-imagine-gay-male-eroticism-in-photography-and-film-from-their-beginnings-to-stonewall-hardcover","title":"Hard to Imagine: Gay Male Eroticism in Photography and Film from Their Beginnings to Stonewall - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Waugh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning more than a century of photography and film, \u003ci\u003eHard to Imagine\u003c\/i\u003e is the first visual chronicle of the evolution of gay male image culture, from the canonical works of \"art\" photography and cinema to the private and often highly explicit productions of amateurs. This comprehensive work explores a vast, eclectic tradition in its totality, analyzing the aesthetics of the visual imagery, its production, circulation, and consumption, and broad social and legal implications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHard to Imagine is the first work to chronicle in detail the evolution of gay male erotic image culture, from the canonical works of \"art\" cinema and photography to the private and often highly explicit productions of amateurs. In this visual history of homoerotic image-making in its first century, Thomas Waugh brings together nearly four hundred photographs and film stills, from archives and personal collections in Europe and North America. Waugh identifies four primary aspects of homoerotic photography and film - the artistic, the commercial, the illicit, and the politico-scientific - tracing their development against a background of advances in visual technology. This comprehensive work explores a vast, eclectic tradition in its totality, analyzing the visual imagery in addition to its production, circulation, and consumption. A pathbreaking examination of the interplay between gay film and photography, gay life, and the larger social and political world, Hard to Imagine is a model for social and cultural historians. Interweaving an analysis of these images in their gay cultural context with the broader social and legal implications, Thomas Waugh offers a pioneering chapter in both gay and visual history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Waugh is professor of film studies at Concordia University, Montreal, and editor of \u003ci\u003eShow Us Life: Towards a History and Aesthetics of Committed Documentary.\u003c\/i\u003e His articles on the history of homoerotic film and photography have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice, Cineaction!, JUMP CUT, The Body Politic, \u003c\/i\u003e and other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 488\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.19 x 10.33 x 7.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45301893464166,"sku":"9780231099981","price":166.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/WDliV1pDbWszVUVKekVJTXc5aktqUT09.webp?v=1773975025","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/hard-to-imagine-gay-male-eroticism-in-photography-and-film-from-their-beginnings-to-stonewall-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}