Aims to provide an interface between the study of sexuality (particularly gay male studies) and gender (primarily feminism). In doing so, the text covers a wide range of issues of concern to gay and feminist movements, including gay liberational sexuality, pornography, promiscuity and AIDS

"Erotics and Politics" provides an interface between the study of sexuality (particularly gay male studies) and gender (primarily feminism). In doing so, it covers a wide range of issues of concern to gay and feminist movements over the past 25 years, including gay liberational sexuality, sado-masochism, pornography, promiscuity, personal relationships, AIDS and postmodernity. The central focus of attention throughout is the nature, development and consequence of gay male sexuality and masculinity. This study aims to cover a wide range of issues, and to connect subjects which are typically examined separately.

Introduction: Erotic Politics 1. Coming out, coming together 2. Sexual politics and the politics of sexuality 3. Gender
and generation 4. Sadomasochism, masculinity and the problem of pornography 5. Public sex: the eroticism of an oppressed position 6. Private love: An Alternative? 7. The Aids Dialetics 8. Politics, plurality and postmodernity Conclusion: Gay male sexuality, masculinity and feminism