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The Masculine Marine - Homoeroticism in the U.S. Marine Corps (Paperback)
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The Masculine Marine - Homoeroticism in the U.S. Marine Corps (Paperback)
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This exciting book was listed as #1 on The Advocate s (ital)
bestseller list for December 1996 In The Masculine Marine, author
Steven Zeeland records, for the first time ever, what active-duty
Marines have to say about what it means to be a man, to be a
Marine, and to desire other men. As the foremost surviving icon of
traditional masculinity, Marines are often considered the opposite
of "gay." Yet in contemporary gay culture, Marines are stereotyped
as likely to play the passive role in sexual encounters with other
men. By vividly illustrating some of the startling ways in which
gay and Marine attributes can coincide, The Masculine Marine
uncovers the wild sexual contradictions built into military
hypermasculinity. From ordinary grunts to a major who flies a
combat jet, Zeeland s Marine interviewees provide thoughtful and
articulate insight into aspects of this rarely documented culture,
including: homoerotic bonding among Marines how gay Marines
reconcile their sexual identity with the ethos of "hard" Marine
supermasculinity how some Marines eroticize the pain and
humiliation of Marine Corps boot camp Marines in all-male
pornography male attitudes toward women in the Marine Corps hazing
and institutional violence These Marines talk candidly about what
motivated them to join the United States'most elite fighting force,
and they reveal how becoming Marines has shaped their sexual and
gender identities. For the student of gay or military studies or
anyone sexually intrigued by men in uniform, The Masculine Marine
must reading. Visit Steven Zeeland at his home page: http:
//www.stevenzeeland.com"
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