Readings for the General Reader about the Depicted Male Body
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Male Nudes Contemptuous of Chic
1. Flesh & Stone by Edward Lucie-Smith Every Page Challenges and
Enchants--finest contemp. photo folio available, with equally
illuminating text
2. John Singer Sargent: The Male Nudes by John Singer Sargent, et al
(Hardcover - May 1999) Superbly Rendered Impressions of the Unihibited
Male by this Celebrated Painter 3. The Drawings of Paul Cadmus by
Guy Davenport, Paul Cadmus No Other Modern Artist So Meticulously
Disrobed Men
4. The Ballad of Sexual Dependency by Nan Goldin, et al (Paperback -
December 2001) Beyond the Controversy, There's No Denying She Lays
Bare the Dignity of the Desperate 5. Pornegrafik - (Pornegraphic) by
Ken Probst (Photographer) (Hardcover - February 1999) Certifies the
Artificiality of the Porn Body--campy & excoriating
6. Luis Caballero: Paintings and Drawings by Luis Caballero, Luis
Calallero (Hardcover - September 1992) Simultaneously Incarnates the
Sensually Sublime, the Monstrously Destructive, and the Graciously Holy
7. The Bear Cult: Photographs by Chris Nelson by Chris Nelson, Edward
Lucie-smith (Paperback - November 1992) Photos In Praise of Men
Unafraid of Actual Physicality 8. Last Drawings of Christopher
Isherwood by Don Bachardy, et al An Excruciatingly Inspirational
Testimony
9. Drawings of the Male Nude by Don Bachardy (Illustrator), Armistead
Maupin (Designer) Glorifies What Even the Glimpse Can Convey of Male
Bodiliness
10. Imogen Cunningham: On the Body by Imogen Cunningham
(Photographer), Richard Lorenz She Showed How to Make Love to a Man
with a Camera
11. The Hidden Image: Photographs of the Male Nude in the 19th and 20th
Centuries by Peter Weiermair, Claus Nielander (Translator) Much
Imitated Of Late, Still the Best Album of Fine Art Photography on the
Subject
12. Caravaggio (Masters of Italian Art Series) by Eberhard Konig
(Hardcover - March 1998) Arguably the Most Powerful Painter of the
Male Form
13. Collaboration: The Photographs of Paul Cadmus, Margaret French and
Jared French by Paul Cadmus, et al (Hardcover - December 1992) Lovely
Proof that "Magical Realism" Is Not Self-Contradictory
14. Egon Schiele: The Complete Works: Including a Biography and a
Catalogue Raisonne by Jane Kallir, et al (Hardcover) Probably No
Other Artist Has Yet Dared to So Scrutinize His Own Body
15. New Orleans: 50 Photographs by George Dureau, Edward Lucie-Smith
(Hardcover - July 1985) Changing Perspective: When the Naked Man Looks
You In the Eye
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Visual Culture Strips Men
1. The Male Body: A New Look at Men in Public and Private by Susan
Bordo Readable & Erudite, Funny & Wise, Everybody Wins by Reading It
2. The Nude Male by Margaret, Walters Best Overview to Date, By
Far--Well Worth the Search
3. Running Scared: Masculinity and the Representation of the Male Body
(Culture and the Moving Image) by Peter Lehman Major Contribution to
Film/Cultural Studies
4. Fully Exposed: The Male Nude in Photography by Emmanuel Cooper
(Paperback - November 1995) Enjoyable "Genealogy," Entrancing Images
5. Uneasy Pleasures: The Male As Erotic Object by Kenneth MacKinnon
(Hardcover - May 1998) A Basic Text, Asking All the Right Questions
6. Male Trouble: A Crisis in Representation by Abigail Solomon-Godeau
Spotlighting French Art, It Illuminates Globally
7. Flesh & Stone by Edward Lucie-Smith Liberates the Male Body from
Glamour Mediocrity
8. Adam: The Male Figure in Art by Edward Lucie-Smith (Hardcover -
October 1998) Dazzling Illustrations with Insightful Text
9. Movie Buff Checklist: A History of Male Nudity in the Movies by
Marvin Jones (Paperback - 1996) The Essential Guidebook, Well
Organized
10. The Male Body: Features, Destinies, Exposures by Laurence
Goldstein (Editor) (Hardcover - December 1999) A Must for All Serious
Researchers & Theoriticians
11. The Perfectible Body: The Western Ideal of Male Physical
Development by Kenneth R. Dutton (Paperback - April 1995) Persuasive
Argument with Abundant Graphics
12. The Male Nude in Contemporary Photography (Visual Studies) by
Melody D. Davis First Rate Analysis Supported by Visual Documentation
13. Seeing Through Clothes by Anne Hollander (Paperback - March 1993)
Fashion Defining Physique: Daring, Delightful & Utterly Convincing
14. Flesh and the Ideal: Winckelmann and the Origins of Art History by
Alex Potts (Hardcover - August 1994) Exemplary Aesthetic
Historiography: How We Got Here from There
15. Art, Desire and the Body in Ancient Greece by Andrew Stewart
(Author) Demystifying Antiquity Explains Much about Modernity
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Movies Make the Man
1. Acting Male: Masculinities in the Films of James Stewart,Jack
Nicholson, and Clint Eastwood by Dennis Bingham (Paperback - June
1994) Readable Dissection of Stardom in Relation to Performance &
Representation--well illustrated
2. Rebel Males: Clift, Brando and Dean by Graham McCann Fascinating
Study of the Intersection of Biography & Hollywood Symbolism
3. Clint Eastwood: A Cultural Production (American Culture, Vol 8) by
Paul Smith (Paperback - May 1993) Iconoclastic Examination of the
Internal Conflicts of the Eastwood Persona
4. Little Joe, Superstar: The Films of Joe Dallesandro by Michael
Ferguson, Joe Dallesandro (Paperback - July 1998) Behind-the-Scenes
Look at the Making of a Sex Symbol in Underground Film
5. You Tarzan: Masculinity, Movies and Men by Pat Kirkham (Editor), et
al First-Rate Anthology in which Contributors Spotlight Their Own
Feelings about Movie Masculinity 6. Me Jane: Masculinity, Movies and
Women by Pat Kirkham (Editor), Janet Thumin (Editor) Follow-Up
Anthology Equally Illuminating--all female contributors
7. Running Scared: Masculinity and the Representation of the Male Body
(Culture and the Moving Image) by Peter Lehman Enjoyable Inquiry into
the Western Hero, Tragic Gangster, Feral Child, Endowed Porn Star,
Emasculated Veteran, etc.
8. Screening the Male: Exploring Masculinities in Hollywood Cinema by
Steven Cohan (Editor), et al (Paperback - April 1993) A Basic Text,
this Collection Is a Must for Anyone Interested in Gender-Film Studies
9. Hard Bodies: Hollywood Masculinity in the Reagan Era by Susan
Jeffords Brilliantly Shows How & Why the '80s Gave Rise to Reagan,
Rambo & Robocop
10. Male Myths and Icons: Masculinity in Popular Culture by Roger
Horrocks (Paperback - November 1995) Illuminates the Internal Tensions
within the Symbolism of Manly Heroism
11. Male Subjectivity at the Margins by Kaja Silverman (Paperback -
June 1992) A Feminist & Psychoanalytic Reading of Masculinity Packed
to the Breaking Point with Insights
12. Movie Buff Checklist: A History of Male Nudity in the Movies by
Marvin Jones (Paperback - 1996) Profusely Illustrated, Well Organized,
Over 2,000 Male Nude Scenes in Mainstream Movies Are Cataloged &
Described
13. Male Trouble (Camera Obscura) by Constance Penley (Editor), Sharon
Willis (Editor) (Paperback - March 1993) Thought-Provoking Compilation
from Marxist, Deconstructivist, Psychoanalytic, and Gay Studies'
Perspectives
14. Heavenly Bodies by Richard Dyer Detailed Reading of the Films of
3 Stars, Including Paul Robeson--Eye-Opening as well as Entertaining
15. Masculinity : Bodies, Movies, Culture (AFI Film Readers) by Peter
Lehman (Editor) (Library Binding) Choice Collection of Essays Giving
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Hearty
Bordo. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999. 358 pp.
$25.00. ISBN: 0-374-28065-7. 305.31 B644m.
The male nude is everywhere today, from mainstream movies to magazine
covers. What do we really see when men take off their clothes, in
public and in private? In this cultural analysis, Susan Bordo, writes
about men and their bodies, both at home and in the media. She draws
on personal history as well as insights from her analysis of movies,
novels, advertisements, news stories, and biology, and perceptively
scrutinizes the presentation of maleness in everyday life.