Not Just Another Pretty Face
Romance, Erotica, Gay, Fiction & Literature, Poetry, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | Dot | ISBN: | 9780970831095 |
| Publisher: | Beautiful Dreamer Press | Publication: | May 17, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Beautiful Dreamer Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Dot |
| ISBN: | 9780970831095 |
| Publisher: | Beautiful Dreamer Press |
| Publication: | May 17, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Beautiful Dreamer Press |
| Language: | English |
The stories, poems, and essays in this collection have a single common element uniting their wide range of literary styles and genres: they all spring directly from photographs of go-go boys.
The ideal go-go boy is the perfect erotic object. We imagine him as lost or broken so that we might rescue him, or as potent and aggressive so that we might be the focus of his desire. But the images captured here suggest deeper, more complex realities. These dancers are whimsical, haunting, satiric, playful, ominous. They are not objects, not icons, but stories waiting to be told.
Not Just Another Pretty Face plays with the interface of projections: what these young men project in their poses and expressions, and what we project on them in return. It explores assumptions, prejudices, fantasies, and revelations. It looks beyond the archetype, beneath the skin.
The stories, poems, and essays in this collection have a single common element uniting their wide range of literary styles and genres: they all spring directly from photographs of go-go boys.
The ideal go-go boy is the perfect erotic object. We imagine him as lost or broken so that we might rescue him, or as potent and aggressive so that we might be the focus of his desire. But the images captured here suggest deeper, more complex realities. These dancers are whimsical, haunting, satiric, playful, ominous. They are not objects, not icons, but stories waiting to be told.
Not Just Another Pretty Face plays with the interface of projections: what these young men project in their poses and expressions, and what we project on them in return. It explores assumptions, prejudices, fantasies, and revelations. It looks beyond the archetype, beneath the skin.
