Queer Cowboys: And Other Erotic Male Friendships in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
by:
Chris Packard (author)
A study of popular print and visual materials produced between 1865 and 1910 representing homoerotic and homosocial behavior among men of all ethnicities in the American West.
A study of popular print and visual materials produced between 1865 and 1910 representing homoerotic and homosocial behavior among men of all ethnicities in the American West.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781403975973 (1403975973)
Publish date: March 1st 2006
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Reading the story and seeing the movie, Brokeback Mountain, prompted me to delve more into glbt literature. The book was an eye opener as such I never thought of cowboys as queer. I viewed them as the Marlboro man who is manly, tough, and masculine. Please note, my statement is not be taken as of...