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Title: The Bear Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for Those Who Are Husky, Hairy and Homosexual, and Those Who Love 'Em by Ray Kampf ISBN: 1-56023-997-2 Publisher: Haworth Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Satire is always Dangerous
Comment: Stereotypes are rampant in any society. Usually when we think of people being harmed by a stereotype we think of other, more powerful groups, picking on minorities. What do you do though if the minority you are part of (gay men) ignores you because you don't fit the stereotype (not athletic, young, expensively dressed with expensive tastes in clothes, etc)? Well you can establish communities and band together for your betterment as many bears have done. However, there is also a point in which a group must laugh at itself, and Kampf's "The Bear Handbook" is one of the signs of that time. I've talked to Bears I know and they remember the big uproar when this book came out -- seems that some folks did not understand that it was first and foremost a satire. As satire Kampf's book does its job very well -- it makes you laugh while pointing out how bear community may be repeating some of the stereotyping and social confinement it rose against.
Rating: 1
Summary: Sorry guys, I didn't like it.
Comment: Well. I like playing with Bears but I didn't like this book. It didn't really say anything. Just that Bears are guys that are usually bearded, hairy, overweight and they like porn sites on the internet. They're intelligent and friendly people. There you go. You no longer have to buy this book. Get out there and meet some of these guys if you're interested.
Rating: 5
Summary: Not blonde? Don't have a swimmer's build?
Comment: That's OK, because this book will make you feel good (if not great) about yourself. Written with a wonderful "matter-of-fact" type of humor, this tour of beardom is as informative as it is funny.
Mr. Kampf reveals the secrets to deciphering the bear code, how to interpret an online profile, and how to avoid those who look like bears, but aren't. He also reveals the true spirit of bears as intelligent, loving and gentle creatures who have a propensity for technology and comic books. (If only I had this book 20 years ago. I would have known what my attraction to the X-Men's Wolverine really meant!)
Are you a bear? Do you like bears? Do you have a bear in your life? This is the book for you.
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Title: Bears on Bears: Interviews and Discussions by Ron Jackson Suresha ISBN: 1555835783 Publisher: Alyson Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Tales from the Bear Cult: Best Bear Stories from the Best Magazines, Bearotica for Your Inner Goldilocks, with 37 Photographs by Mark Hemry, Ron Suresha, Jack Fritscher, Bob Vickery ISBN: 189083436X Publisher: Palm Drive Publishing Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Bearotica: Hot, Hairy, Heavy Fiction by Ron Jackson Suresha, Ron Suresha ISBN: 1555835775 Publisher: Alyson Publications Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Bear Book : Readings in the History and Evolution of a Gay Male Subculture by Les K. Wright ISBN: 1560238909 Publisher: Harrington Park Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Bear Like Me by Jonathan Cohen ISBN: 1560234180 Publisher: Southern Tier Editions/Harrington Park Press Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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