Choosing the right partner means choosing the right porn

How gay porn communicates in the home

Bibliographic Data

ID13086221
AuthorsBrian Adams-Thies (University of Phoenix, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume2
Issue2-3
Pages123-136
Publication date2015-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePorn Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2326-8743 • E-ISSN: 2326-8751
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23268743.2015.1060007
OpenAlexW1701909209
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited27

Gay male communities have long had unique relations to pornography and the pornographic. From the time of the Physique Pictorial and Tom of Finland to the present age of porn at the click of a mouse, gay men have made choices about the porn they watch. As a result of these choices, porn becomes social in gay spaces, such as bathhouses, sex clubs, bars and discos. However, porn use and consumption in the gay home can also be highly social and communicative. In this article I engage anthropological methodologies in order to understand how a specific group of men engaging in online hook-up cultures communicate by and through the display of gay pornographic films within the space of the home. The data collected suggest that pornography is enmeshed within communicative systems that include commodities, bodies and pleasures

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