| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 203 pages) : illustrations |
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Haworth gay & lesbian studies |
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Haworth gay & lesbian studies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; The Masculine Marine: Homoeroticism in the U.S. Marine Corps; Copyright; Contents; Prologue; Introduction: Penetrating Marine Machismo; Corporal Keith: The Devil Dog Yell; Lance Corporal Ted: The Absent-Father Tattoo; Corporal Alex: Marine Biology; First Lieutenant Frank: Parris Island Is Burning; Captain Eric: Marines Like To Be Looked At; Sergeant Wood and Corporal Marie: Gay and Straight Are Identical; Major Luke: Isolated Pain; Corporal Jack: Smell of Masculine Marine; Corporal Alex (Coda): A Parable; Reference Notes |
| Summary |
This exciting book was listed as #1 on The Advocate's (ital) bestseller list for December 1996! In The Masculine Marine, author Steven Zeeland records, for the first time ever, what active-duty Marines have to say about what it means to be a man, to be a Marine, and to desire other men. As the foremost surviving icon of traditional masculinity, Marines are often considered the opposite of "gay." Yet in contemporary gay culture, Marines are stereotyped as likely to play the passive role in sexual encounters with other men. By vividly illustrating some of the startling ways in which ga |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-203) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
United States. Marine Corps -- Gay people
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Marine Corps fast |
| Subject |
Marines -- Sexual behavior -- United States
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Gay people -- United States -- Identity
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gay Studies.
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Armed Forces -- Gays
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Gays -- Identity
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Marines -- Sexual behavior
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Marine
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Homosexualität
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United States
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USA
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136591662 |
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1136591664 |
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9780203058466 |
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0203058461 |
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9781136591808 |
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113659180X |
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9781136591730 |
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1136591737 |
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