{"product_id":"gay-macho-the-life-and-death-of-the-homosexual-clone-9780814746950","title":"Gay Macho: The Life and Death of the Homosexual Clone","description":"\u003cp\u003eA sociological examination into the emergence of male homosexuality with a traditional masculine ethos  Before gay liberation  gay men were usually perceived as failed men\"inverts \" men trapped in womens bodies. The 1970s saw a radical shift in gay male culture  as a male homosexuality emerged that embraced a more traditional masculine ethos. The gay clone  a muscle-bound  sexually free  hard-living Marlboro man  appeared in the gay enclaves of major cities  changing forever the face of gay male culture.  Gay Macho presents the ethnography of this homosexual clone. Martin P. Levine  a pioneer of the sociological study of homosexuality  was among the first social scientists to map the emergence of a gay community and this new style of gay masculinity. Levine was a participant in as well as an observer of gay culture in the 1970s  and this perspective allowed him to capture the true flavor of what it was like to be a gay man before AIDS. Levines clone was a gender conformist  whose masculinity was demonstrated in patterns of social interaction and especially in his sexuality. According to Levine  his life centered around the \"four Ds: disco  drugs  dish  and dick.\"  Later chapters  based on Levines pathbreaking empirical research  explore some of the epidemiological and social consequences of the AIDS epidemic on this particular substratum of the gay community. Although Levine explicitly refuses to pathologize gay men afflicted with HIV  his work develops a scathing  feminist-inspired critique of masculinity  whether practiced by gay or straight men.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665848131637,"sku":"ByrdShop_0814746950","price":66.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780814746950.jpg?v=1782410098","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/gay-macho-the-life-and-death-of-the-homosexual-clone-9780814746950","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}