The Bear Book II: Further Readings in the History and Evolution of a Gay Male Subculture

by Les Wright, Jack Fritscher

Here is a serious discussion of an emerging gay subculture! Take another fascinating journey into the bear's den with the latest offering from Les Wright, author of The Bear Book. The Bear Book II will show you the contrast between the media image of the fun-loving, carefree bear man and the health, image, psychological, technological, and sexual concerns of bears living in the real world. A continuation of The Bear Book (1997), this study of typically big, hairy, and bearded gay men explores bears on a societal and personal level, giving a wide voice to bears of all ages, nationalities, and cultures. Among the topics The Bear Book Further Readings in the History and Evolution of a Gay Male Subculture discusses The Bear Book II will help you to understand the life of a bear. This unique book, the only serious exploration of this topic, offers documentation of a subculture in the making, complete with subjective and analytical perspectives that support this example of postmodern cultural anthropology.

462 pages, Hardcover

First published January 28, 2000

Reviews

[Uncleslover Omjpinetovich]

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Как и первая книга, не впечатлила, потому что - много неточностей.
Я нашел другой, хорошо документированный источник, доказывающий первопроисхождение "медведей"

As the fist book, I was not impressed with it, because it has a lot of inaccuracies.
No actual documentary materials.
I found another source, that proves the origin of the "Bears" is well documented.

[Dave]

This book as well as the first book present the development of a sub culture. it is an accumulation of first hand accounts and academic observations.