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<p><P>In <b></b><b><b>Male Impersonators,</b></b> Mark Simpson explores the range of male life and masculinity, posing witty and important questions about bodybuilding, tatoos, pornography, cruising, advertising, and team sports. Simpson looks at how gay men appropriate the skinhead phenomenon and why; how Marky Mark exploits the hustler mystique and hwat it says to gay and straight men; how the Men's movement is being sought out by men&#151;straight or gay&#151;who feel alienated from a macho culture, and compares the participation and reactions of men to various manly pursuits. Throughout, <b></b><b><b>Male Impersonators examines the</b></b> <b></b><b><b>roles of homoeroticism and narcissism in the male world,</b></b> <b></b><b><b>and the performativity of masculinity itself.</b></b></p> <h3>Lambda Book Report</h3> <p>THESE SMASHINGLY PROVOCATIVE ESSAYS BY THE SPUNKY BRIT WRITER MARK SIMPSON... DETONATE MYTHS, STEREOTYPES AND ICONS, GAY AS WELL AS STRAIGHT. THE PSYCHO-SOCIAL LINE SEPARATING HOMO AND HETERO MALENESS, HE FULSOMELY SHOWS, IS MUCH FUZZIER THAN ROBERT BLY AND PAT BUCHANAN FIND IT TO BE.? LAMBDA BOOK REPORT</p>

Author

Simpson, Mark, 1965-

Publisher

New York, NY: Routledge

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780304328086

Subjects

Psychology, Gender Studies, Social_sciences

Rating

4 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-24