Race and Masculinity in Gay Men’s Pornography: Deconstructing the Big Black Beast

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This book unpacks the character of pornographic representations of queer Black masculinity and how these representations vary between corporate and noncorporate producers. The author argues that representations of Black men in gay porn rely on stereotypes of Black masculinity to arouse consumers, especially those which characterize Black men as "missing links" or focus excessively on their "dark phalluses." Moreover, these depictions consistently separate gay Black and white men’s sexuality into bifurcated discursive spaces, thereby essentializing sexual aspects of racial identity. Lastly, though such depictions are less prevalent in user-submitted videos, overall, both user-submitted and corporate content reify stereotypes about Black masculinity. This book is written for researchers, lecturers, and graduate courses in the social sciences and humanities, including Sociology, Social Psychology, Sexuality, African American Studies, Women and Gender Studies, LGBTQ Studies, Culture and Art Studies, Porn Studies, Social Media Studies, and Public Health. Cover Half Title Series Information Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Chapter 1 Unpacking Porn: Race, Sexuality, and Masculinity Architecture of Study Notes Chapter 2 The Insolubility of Black and Queer Interpersonal Interaction Identity Institutional Interaction Space Chapter 3 Porn, Past and Present Gender and Race in Pornography Counternormative Bodies: Fetishism and Empowerment in Gay Men’s Porn Notes Chapter 4 Identity, power, and performativity Chapter 5 Procedures and Analyses Methodological Considerations Data Collection Data Analysis Note Chapter 6 Dark Phalluses: Preoccupation and Dismemberment Preoccupation: Big Black Cocks and the Things they do Dismemberment: Organs, Tools, and Monsters Notes Chapter 7 Missing Links: Primitiveness and Primality Primitiveness: Subordination and Diminution Primality: Monstrosity, Violence, and Power Note Chapter 8 Separate Spaces: Bifurcation and Essentialism Bifurcated Performances: Foci of Desire and Racial Visibility Sex, Gender, and Essentialized Identities Note Chapter 9 Can the Subaltern Fuck? Agency and User-Submitted Pornography Futurity Note Appendix A Coding Sheet Appendix B Data Analysis References Index