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PublisherPotter/Ten SPEED/Harmony/Rodale

ISBN-100609801511

ISBN-139780609801512

eBay Product ID (ePID)1825008

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Book TitleDancing Around the Volcano : Freeing Our Erotic Lives: Decoding the Enigma of Gay Men and Sex

Number of Pages178 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1997

TopicSexuality, Lgbt Studies / Gay Studies, Human Sexuality (See Also Social Science / Human Sexuality)

IllustratorYes

GenreHealth & Fitness, Social Science, Psychology

AuthorGuy Kettelhack

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight5.9 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal306.7/662

SynopsisFreeing Our Erotic Lives: Decoding the Enigma of,Gay Men & Sex,A provocative, honest, and forthright look at the,sex lives and sexual attitudes of gay men.,Read this book. It will schock but may also,comfort you. - Quentin Crisp,., Freeing Our Erotic Lives: Decoding the Enigma of Gay Men & Sex A provocative, honest, and forthright look at the sex lives and sexual attitudes of gay men. Read this book. It will schock but may also comfort you.' - Quentin Crisp', A provocative, honest, and forthright look at the sex lives and sexual attitudes of gay men. "Guy Kettelhack has written one of the smartest, wisest books on sex I've ever read. . . . DANCING AROUND THE VOLCANO shows us that the sexual journey is the journey of the soul, and like all significant voyages, it cannot, must not be a safe journey".--Frank Browning, author of THE CULTURE OF DESIRE., In the tradition of Frank Browning's The Culture of Desire comes Guy Kettelhack's provocative, honest, unapologetic look at the sex lives of gay men. Dancing Around the Volcano is essential reading for the American gay community. Gay men have long been told that regardless of their individual characters and desires, they should aspire to a monogamous model in their romantic and sexual relationships. Now, Guy Kettelhack wants to "tell the truth about the sex gay men are really having," offering a path to sexual liberation that embraces the conflicts and paradoxes of sex. Using the voices of different men who tell of their experiences, Kettelhack questions the assumptions about the "pathology" of promiscuity, sexual compulsion, prostitution, sadomasochism, fetishes, and celibacy. These personal stories are often sexy, sometimes funny, almost always poignant in their honesty, and startling in their insights. We hear about everything from hustling to monogamous gay relationships, from the baths to the private bedroom, from fisting to French-kissing. What emerges is a sex-positive take on the whole gamut of gay male sexual behavior. Celebrating the ingenuity with which gay men manage their sexual and aggressive drives and fantasies, Dancing Around the Volcano is a passionately pro-sex book with potentially healing--even revolutionary--implications for everyone: gay or straight, male or female.