{"product_id":"liberation-and-libido","title":"Liberation and Libido","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiberation and Libido\u003c\/em\u003e delves into the vibrant, messy, and deeply political history of gay liberation in Canada, exploring how \u003cem\u003eThe Body Politic\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eTBP\u003c\/em\u003e) shaped and challenged ideas of gay male masculinity – and gender more broadly – between 1971 and 1987. As one of Canada’s largest lesbian and gay activist periodicals, \u003cem\u003eTBP \u003c\/em\u003ewas a lively forum where people debated, defended, and dismantled notions of gender. It also shed light on the divergent representations of masculinity – some reinforcing queer patriarchal ideas of whiteness, race, health, disability, and class, while others challenged and pushed back against the status quo.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough an in-depth exploration into \u003cem\u003eTBP\u003c\/em\u003e’s images, advertisements, letters, classified ads, and editorial content, Hrynyk unravels how shifting attitudes on masculinity, race, class, ability, and health played out on its pages. Two guiding frameworks underpin this analysis: queer patriarchy, which highlights the dominance of whiteness and masculinity within gay male spaces, and queer style, which captures the playful, rebellious manner in which queer culture appropriated and rejected mainstream gender and sexual norms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book presents \u003cem\u003eTBP\u003c\/em\u003e not simply as an activist newspaper but rather as a battleground where masculinity was contested, reshaped, and reimagined. From radical manifestos to steamy personal ads, every page of \u003cem\u003eTBP\u003c\/em\u003e reflected the push-and-pull between liberation and assimilation, activism and commerce. \u003cem\u003eLiberation and Libido\u003c\/em\u003e invites readers to reevaluate our understanding of masculinity, power, and desire in the context of queer resistance in Canadian history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55761601102168,"sku":"9781487524777","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781487524777_19de21f2-30c7-4957-8afe-2ad251d6fc47.jpg?v=1778678170","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/liberation-and-libido","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}