Bech proposes a novel interpretation of the nature of masculinity and its connections with homosexuality. Besides a critical discussion of existing theories in the area, the author also analyses a rich variety of other materials, including novels, films and other literature. When Men Meet represents both an analysis of the places in which encounters occur - the railway station, the park, the disco, the consulting room, the stadium - but is also a metaphor for key aspects of modernity. In analysing the nature of the modern ...
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Bech proposes a novel interpretation of the nature of masculinity and its connections with homosexuality. Besides a critical discussion of existing theories in the area, the author also analyses a rich variety of other materials, including novels, films and other literature. When Men Meet represents both an analysis of the places in which encounters occur - the railway station, the park, the disco, the consulting room, the stadium - but is also a metaphor for key aspects of modernity. In analysing the nature of the modern social world, Bech makes use of insights from Adorno and Benjamin as well as Sartre and Heidegger. Modernity and sexuality, Bech argues, are both intertwined and changing. He concludes by proposing that, having been created by modernity, 'the homosexual' is now disappearing in conjunction with the changes transforming modernity itself.
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I found this book extremely helpful and refreshing, after having paged through too many books on homosexuality and morality or homosexuality and psychology. The author's perspective on sexuality is experiential, social, and existential.
He sets homosexuality in a historical context and relates it to the problems of human existance in the modern world. The enquiry is neither overly apologetic nor accusatory, but asks serious questions about the nature of sexuality and modern relationships through examples such as city life, kitsch, sex in prisons, eye contact, and popular culture.
A must read for anyone interested in the modern self as it relates to homosexuality. Contains some passage that describe erotic same-sex acts.
