In the first book of its kind, Gay Pornography: Representations of Sexuality and Masculinity explores the iconography, themes and ideals that the genre presents.

Indeed, John Mercer argues that gay pornography cannot be regarded as one-dimensional, but that it offers its audience a vision of plural masculinities that are more nuanced and ambiguous than they might seem.

Mercer examines how the internet has generated an exponential growth in the sheer volume and variety of this material, and facilitated far greater access to it.

He uses both professional and amateur examples to explore how gay pornography has become part of a wider cultural context in which modern masculinities have become 'saturated' by their constantly evolving status and function in popular culture.

Format: Paperback
Page Count: 256 pages
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Published: June 2017
ISBN: 9781780765181