1st Edition

The Masculine Marine Homoeroticism in the U.S. Marine Corps

By Steven Zeeland Copyright 1996
232 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
Contents Prologue
  • Introduction: Penetrating Marine Machismo
  • Corporal Keith: The Devil Dog Yell
  • Lance Corporal Ted: The Absent-Father Tattoo
  • Corporal Alex: Marine Biology
  • First Lieutenant Frank: Parris Island Is Burning
  • Captain Eric: Marines Like To Be Looked At
  • Sergeant Wood and Corporal Marie: Gay and Straight Are Identical
  • Major Luke: Isolated Pain
  • Corporal Jack: Smell of Masculine Marine
  • Corporal Alex (Coda): A Parable
  • Reference Notes

Biography

Zeeland, Steven