A Multidisciplinary Examination of a Long-Neglected, Controversial Topic; The first ever anthology to explore the theoretical, political, psychological and cultural issues surrounding male bisexuality, all in easy-to-read language. Men who love both men and women fall victim to numerous types of stereotyping in both scholarly studies and popular culture. Often vilified or misunderstood by everyday society, lumped together with gay men in cultural studies, rejected by the straight community for being too gay or rejected by the gay community for being too straight, bisexuality is a long-overdue...

Bisexual men hold a precarious position within our racist, sexist and homophobic society. They are generally either completely ignored or represented as sensational, inaccurate and dangerous archetypes. Opening a space for discussion, breaking down the stereotypes, and offering a brilliant analysis of the lives of real bisexual men, this insightful book offers thoughtful, incisive examinations of the cultural meanings of bisexuality, including such issues as: * The recurring figure of the predatory, immoral bisexual man in novels, movies and women's magazines. * The overlooked bisexual themes...

Gain a fresh perspective on this misunderstood sexual orientation! From invisible to pathological, the literary, cultural, and theoretical representations of male bisexuality have been almost uniformly negative. Bisexual Men in Culture and Society provides a clear, rational analysis of the negative stereotypes and the underlying reasons for them. "The bisexual is the brutal father, the abusive husband, the violent rapist (all familiar figures of male heterosexual power), but he is also the simpering, oral-sadistic mama's boy found in psychoanalytic accounts of homosexuality...Bisexuals are...