{"product_id":"not-gay-jane-ward-9781479860685","title":"Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA different look at heterosexuality in the twenty-first century\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA straight white girl can kiss a girl, like it, and still call herself straight--her boyfriend may even encourage her. But can straight white guys experience the same easy sexual fluidity, or would kissing a guy just mean that they are really gay? \u003ci\u003eNot Gay\u003c\/i\u003e thrusts deep into a world where straight guy-on-guy action is not a myth but a reality: there's fraternity and military hazing rituals, where new recruits are made to grab each other's penises and stick fingers up their fellow members' anuses; online personal ads, where straight men seek other straight men to masturbate with; and, last but not least, the long and clandestine history of straight men frequenting public restrooms for sexual encounters with other men. For Jane Ward, these sexual practices reveal a unique social space where straight white men can--and do--have sex with other straight white men; in fact, she argues, to do so reaffirms rather than challenges their gender and racial identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWard illustrates that sex between straight white men allows them to leverage whiteness and masculinity to authenticate their heterosexuality in the context of sex with men. By understanding their same-sex sexual practice as meaningless, accidental, or even necessary, straight white men can perform homosexual contact in heterosexual ways. These sex acts are not slippages into a queer way of being or expressions of a desired but unarticulated gay identity. Instead, Ward argues, they reveal the fluidity and complexity that characterizes all human sexual desire. In the end, Ward's analysis offers a new way to think about heterosexuality--not as the opposite or absence of homosexuality, but as its own unique mode of engaging in homosexual sex, a mode characterized by pretense, dis-identification and racial and heterosexual privilege. Daring, insightful, and brimming with wit, \u003ci\u003eNot Gay\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating new take on the complexities of heterosexuality in the modern era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Ward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1479860689\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479860685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Jane Ward","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43935645597951,"sku":"9781479860685","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_788e17d5-b314-422e-b801-615f9aa0e0ce.jpg?v=1681421015","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/not-gay-jane-ward-9781479860685","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}