Monday 16 March 2015

Hal Fischer - Gay Semiotics


Cult classic. Superb book on the signifiers of homosexuality. Lots of pictures and diagrams of where handkerchiefs, earrings go, colour codings, keys. Archetypes i.e. leathermen, the urbane, cowboys, retro people, street queers in a variety of guises, military guys etc. Very brilliant! Cited in Parr/Badger vol.3 if that type of thing floats your boat, but really, as a book it's more than strong enough to stand on it's own 2 legs.