Peter Rehberg, "Hipster Porn: Queer Masculinities and Affective Sexualities in the Fanzine 'Butt'" (Routledge, 2022)
It\u2019s easy to forget that the cultural archetypes that pass for queerness today have historical roots. Some of these roots are mere years away from today\u2019s reality but they are nonetheless distinct and come with their own artefacts and subcultures.\nPeter Rehberg\u2019s book\xa0Hipster Porn: Queer Masculinities and Affective Sexualities in the Fanzine 'Butt'\xa0(Routledge, 2022) looks at one such source artefact and its fandom, using as its matter the pink-papered magazine\xa0Butt\xa0which gained a cult following among European gay men in the first decade of the 2000s. The book reconstructs an important chapter of recent gay and queer history in order to make sense of the cultural shifts of the last 20 years in the contemporary gay world.\nPeter Rehberg speaks to Pierre d\u2019Alancaisez about pornography after porn,\xa0Butt\u2018s outsized influence and the ultimate failures of its politics, as well as queer theory\u2019s urgent need to refocus on the realities of sex and sexuality.\nPeter Rehberg is a writer, critic, and curator. He holds a PhD in German Literature from New York University and has taught and researched at universities and institutes including Cornell, Northwestern, Brown, University of Bonn, The University of Texas at Austin, and The University of Illinois, Chicago. He has published two novels and a collection of short stories. He also writes regularly for German media. In his academic work, he focusses on queer theory, queer visual culture, and popular culture. He is also the head of collections and archives at\xa0Schwules Museum, Berlin.\n\ufeffPierre d\u2019Alancaisez\xa0is a contemporary art curator, cultural strategist, researcher. Sometime scientist, financial services professional.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies