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Porn from Warhol to X-Tube: The History of Gay Porn With Lots of Images and Fascinating Facts
The history of gay porn with lots of images and fascinating facts
- GenresQueer
255 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2011
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About the author
Kevin Clarke
13 books2 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.
The German-Irish publicist Dr. Kevin Clarke was born in Berlin in 1967. He studied musicology and literature at the Freie Universität Berlin and the University of Milan before working as a journalist for the newspaper Der Tagesspiegel and the magazines Bunte and Playboy.
From 2003 onwards he wrote for the opera magazine Orpheus and De Groene Amsterdammer from the Netherlands. He produced a series of broadcasts for the German radio station SWR on “Composers in Exile” and wrote his PhD on Emmerich Kálmán and the Transatlantic Operetta 1928-1932.
In 2007, his books Glitter and be Gay: Authentic Operetta and Its Gay Admirers and The White Horse Inn: The History of an International Success were published. In 2009, he gave a lecture on “The Pornography of Operetta” at the University of Amiens, which kicked off his current interest in the general history of porn.
In 2006, Clarke founded the Operetta Research Center Amsterdam of which he is the director. He teaches at the Conservatory of Tilburg and was curator of the 2010 exhibition Erik Charell and the Homosexuality of Operetta at the Schwule Museum Berlin.
Since 2011 he is editor-in-chief of the German magazine Männer.
The German-Irish publicist Dr. Kevin Clarke was born in Berlin in 1967. He studied musicology and literature at the Freie Universität Berlin and the University of Milan before working as a journalist for the newspaper Der Tagesspiegel and the magazines Bunte and Playboy.
From 2003 onwards he wrote for the opera magazine Orpheus and De Groene Amsterdammer from the Netherlands. He produced a series of broadcasts for the German radio station SWR on “Composers in Exile” and wrote his PhD on Emmerich Kálmán and the Transatlantic Operetta 1928-1932.
In 2007, his books Glitter and be Gay: Authentic Operetta and Its Gay Admirers and The White Horse Inn: The History of an International Success were published. In 2009, he gave a lecture on “The Pornography of Operetta” at the University of Amiens, which kicked off his current interest in the general history of porn.
In 2006, Clarke founded the Operetta Research Center Amsterdam of which he is the director. He teaches at the Conservatory of Tilburg and was curator of the 2010 exhibition Erik Charell and the Homosexuality of Operetta at the Schwule Museum Berlin.
Since 2011 he is editor-in-chief of the German magazine Männer.
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March 6, 2011
An Erudite and Fascinating History Book
Bruno Gmünder Verlag continues to break publishing barriers and with this new book - PORN FROM WARHOL TO X-TUBE; THE HISTORY OF GAY PORN WITH LOTS OF IMAGES AND FASCINATING FACTS - they have entered the realm of a quality mix between entertainment and producing a book that should be in every college and university library in the social studies section. Written by Dr. Kevin Clarke, editor-in-chief of the German magazine Männer, a Berlin born musicologist, journalist, broadcaster and writer in a manner that is not only consummately readable and informative but also takes the reader on a visual journey through the history of porn from the 1960s to the present. He writes 'What is porn anyway, and where does it stand in today's global culture? To begin with, the "representation of sex acts with the aim to sexually arouse the viewer" is currently never farther away than a mouse click.' And from there Clarke delves into his subject by decades, from the popular open beginnings that resulted in the relaxation of mores in the 1960s after Stonewall through the polishing of the craft from famous photographers in brilliantly illustrated art books, to the proliferation of films, to the self made and produced personal products created simply with a camcorder and a subject and then transferred to internet sites. ('XTube is a Canadian pornographic video hosting service which allows unregistered and registered users to share adult video content with others. Among other things, the terms of use of xtube.com state that users must be 18 years of age or older').
Clarke then divides his book into fully developed chapters: Foreplay: A Short Introduction (which includes a brief history of imagery and ideas dating back to the 1800s); Porn and Pop Art; The Golden Age of Promiscuity; Boom Years: Porn as Safe Sex; Grab you Dick and Double Click! Each chapter is copiously illustrated with images of the most famous porn stars of all time There are in-depth interviews with such luminaries as Lucas Kazan, Chi Chi La Rue, JC dams, Chris Ward, Tom DeSimone, William Higgins, Fred Bisonnes, Mr Pam, and Axel Schock and there are also special sections devoted to Tom Bianchi, Peter Berlin, Tom Ford, the film 'Querelle', Erotikus, Amateur Studios, Jeff Burton, Mike Arlen, and John Rutherford.
As we all have come to expect, the visual quality of image reproduction from Bruno Gmünder Verlag is wholly professional and of the highest quality of color saturation. There is much to learn about not only a subculture here, but also a fascinating look at how the concept of human sexuality has developed in the past half century. This is a a book very much worth reading - while at the same time it is a book of visual richness that will not disappoint even the most critical eye!
Grady Harp
Bruno Gmünder Verlag continues to break publishing barriers and with this new book - PORN FROM WARHOL TO X-TUBE; THE HISTORY OF GAY PORN WITH LOTS OF IMAGES AND FASCINATING FACTS - they have entered the realm of a quality mix between entertainment and producing a book that should be in every college and university library in the social studies section. Written by Dr. Kevin Clarke, editor-in-chief of the German magazine Männer, a Berlin born musicologist, journalist, broadcaster and writer in a manner that is not only consummately readable and informative but also takes the reader on a visual journey through the history of porn from the 1960s to the present. He writes 'What is porn anyway, and where does it stand in today's global culture? To begin with, the "representation of sex acts with the aim to sexually arouse the viewer" is currently never farther away than a mouse click.' And from there Clarke delves into his subject by decades, from the popular open beginnings that resulted in the relaxation of mores in the 1960s after Stonewall through the polishing of the craft from famous photographers in brilliantly illustrated art books, to the proliferation of films, to the self made and produced personal products created simply with a camcorder and a subject and then transferred to internet sites. ('XTube is a Canadian pornographic video hosting service which allows unregistered and registered users to share adult video content with others. Among other things, the terms of use of xtube.com state that users must be 18 years of age or older').
Clarke then divides his book into fully developed chapters: Foreplay: A Short Introduction (which includes a brief history of imagery and ideas dating back to the 1800s); Porn and Pop Art; The Golden Age of Promiscuity; Boom Years: Porn as Safe Sex; Grab you Dick and Double Click! Each chapter is copiously illustrated with images of the most famous porn stars of all time There are in-depth interviews with such luminaries as Lucas Kazan, Chi Chi La Rue, JC dams, Chris Ward, Tom DeSimone, William Higgins, Fred Bisonnes, Mr Pam, and Axel Schock and there are also special sections devoted to Tom Bianchi, Peter Berlin, Tom Ford, the film 'Querelle', Erotikus, Amateur Studios, Jeff Burton, Mike Arlen, and John Rutherford.
As we all have come to expect, the visual quality of image reproduction from Bruno Gmünder Verlag is wholly professional and of the highest quality of color saturation. There is much to learn about not only a subculture here, but also a fascinating look at how the concept of human sexuality has developed in the past half century. This is a a book very much worth reading - while at the same time it is a book of visual richness that will not disappoint even the most critical eye!
Grady Harp
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