TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wright,Les K.
TI  - The bear book: readings in the history and evolution of a gay male subculture 
SN  - 0789000911
AV  - HQ76 .B37 1997
U1  - 305.38/9664 21
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York
PB  - Harrington Park Press
KW  - Bears (Gay culture)
KW  - Gay men
KW  - Identity
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Gender identity
KW  - Group identity
KW  - Masculinity
KW  - Body image in men
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Foreword; Tim Martin --; Introduction:; Theoretical bears; Les Wright --; A concise history of self-identifying bears; Les Wright --; Bear roots; Ron Suresha --; The bear clan: North American totemic mythology, belief and legend; Michael S. Ramsey --; Aroused from hibernation; Scott Hill --; Bearaphernalia: An exercise in social definition; Robert B. Marks Ridinger --; Academics as bears: Thoughts on middle-class eroticization of workingmen's bodies; Eric Rofes --; Male images in the gay mass media and bear-oriented magazines: Analysis and contrast; Philip Locke --; Beardom; Rychard G. Powers --; The natural bears classification system: A classification system for bears and bearlike men version 1.10; Bob Donahue, Jeff Stoner --; John Rand, photographer: An interview with Les Wright; transcription by Dale Wehrle --; The original bears mailing list: An interview with Steve Dyer --; Front range bears: A history; Van Lynn Floyd --; The bear essentials of country music; Lars Rains --; The Bear Hug Group: An interview with Sam Ganczaruk --; BEAR magazine; Luke Mauerman --; Bear mecca: The Lone Star Saloon revisited; Ron Suresha --; Bears in the land down under; Bob Hay --; Kiwi bears; John Webster --; Atlantic crossing: The development of the Eurobear; Tommy McCann --; A French bear asks: Are bears an American thing?; Pierre De Mey
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