Homosociality in the Classical American Stag Film

Off-Screen, On-Screen

Bibliographic Data

ID2392646
AuthorsA Prick (Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema), Ima Cunt (Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema), R U Hard (Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema), Thomas Waugh (Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema)
Year2001
Volume4
Issue3
Pages275-291
Publication date2001-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSexualities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1363-4607 • E-ISSN: 1461-7382
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/136346001004003001
OpenAlexW2102699811
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited6

The classical American stag film, a body of clandestine short pornographic films produced during the first two-thirds of the 20th century, has received scholarly attention in several quarters, first from heterosexual male scribes and beneficiaries of the `sexual revolution', and more recently by feminist and queer cultural historians. The present article pursues this study by developing the concept of homosociality in relation to the stag film corpus, both its contextual and textual aspects, and demonstrating its inextricable engagement in the social and specular relations along the continuum of masculinity within American culture. In conclusion, the author compares the stags to another quasi-underground corpus of short erotic films, mail order homoerotic `physique' films of the post-war period, and discovers unexpected parallels and dialogue between the two corpuses at the onset of the `sexual revolution

Aesthetics · Art · Human sexuality · Masculinity · Parallels · Period (music · Queer · Sexual revolution · Sociology · Vietnam War · Cinema and Media Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology

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