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Johnson, David K.

Buying gay : how physique entrepreneurs sparked a movement / David K. Johnson. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2019. - xvi, 308 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Columbia studies in the history of U.S. capitalism .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Emerging from the muscle magazines: Bob Mizer's Athletic Model Guild -- Selling gay books: Donald Webster Cory's "business with a conscience" -- The Grecian Guild: imagining a gay past, and future -- "I want a pen pal!:" Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield and the Adonis Male Club -- Defending a naked boy: Lynn Womack at the Supreme Court -- Consolidating the market: DSI of Minneapolis -- The physique legacy.

ISBN: 9780231189101 0231189109

LCCN: 2018033079

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Gay men--History.--United States
Gay erotica--History.--United States
Bodybuilding--Periodicals--History.--United States
Gay consumers--History.--United States
Gay business enterprises--History.--United States
Gay rights--History.--United States

LC Class. No.: HQ76.3.U5 / J583 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 306.76/620973