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Tables of Contents for Hard to Imagine
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Dedication
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Preface
xiii
Beginnings
1
58
Reclaiming a Cultural Heritage
1
20
Nineteenth-Century Roots: The Emergence of Photography as the Privileged Medium for Gay Eroticism
21
19
Image Patterns That Keep Coming Up
40
19
Art and Arousal
59
117
Academic Photography
61
10
The Pictorialist Generation
71
31
The Glamour Generation
102
38
The Road to Stonewall
140
36
Strength and Stealth
176
108
The Physical Culture Movement of the Fin-de-Siecle
177
14
The German Frei Korper Kultur Movement
191
14
Pioneering North American Developments (1918-1945)
205
10
The Kinsey Generation: The Golden Age of Magazines and Mail Order (1945-1963)
215
38
The Movies
253
20
Coda: Chronology of Persecution, Censorship, and Resistance (1945-1969)
273
11
``(OH Horror!) Those Filthy Photos'': Illicit Photography and Film
284
82
``Partouze'' Photography (1880-1930)
285
24
Stag Movies
309
13
The Modern Era of Illicit Photography
322
29
Gay-Centered Cinema (1930-1969)
351
15
Law, Science, and Politics
366
55
The Lens of the Law
368
8
Hirschfeld
376
13
Kinsey
389
13
Erotic Images and the Gay Movement
402
15
Endings
417
4
Notes
421
24
Bibliography
445
10
Index
455