The bear book :

The bear book : readings in the history and evolution of a gay male subculture / Les K. Wright, editor. - New York : Harrington Park Press, c1997. - xxi, 284 p. ; 22 cm. - Haworth gay & lesbian studies .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Theoretical bears / A concise history of self-identifying bears / Bear roots / The bear clan: North American totemic mythology, belief and legend / Aroused from hibernation / Bearaphernalia: An exercise in social definition / Academics as bears: Thoughts on middle-class eroticization of workingmen's bodies / Male images in the gay mass media and bear-oriented magazines: Analysis and contrast / Beardom / The natural bears classification system: A classification system for bears and bearlike men version 1.10 / John Rand, photographer: An interview with Les Wright / The original bears mailing list: An interview with Steve Dyer -- Front range bears: A history / The bear essentials of country music / The Bear Hug Group: An interview with Sam Ganczaruk -- BEAR magazine / Bear mecca: The Lone Star Saloon revisited / Bears in the land down under / Kiwi bears / Atlantic crossing: The development of the Eurobear / A French bear asks: Are bears an American thing? / Tim Martin -- Les Wright -- Les Wright -- Ron Suresha -- Michael S. Ramsey -- Scott Hill -- Robert B. Marks Ridinger -- Eric Rofes -- Philip Locke -- Rychard G. Powers -- Bob Donahue, Jeff Stoner -- transcription by Dale Wehrle -- Van Lynn Floyd -- Lars Rains -- Luke Mauerman -- Ron Suresha -- Bob Hay -- John Webster -- Tommy McCann -- Pierre De Mey. Foreword / Introduction:

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Bears (Gay culture)
Gay men--Identity.
Gay men--Attitudes.
Gay men--Psychology.
Gender identity.
Group identity.
Masculinity.
Body image in men.

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