![]() ![]() Is this letter to your son something you’re putting out there not only for him, but for those white men who may be feeling like they’re lost? In the book, you touch on the idea of white men feeling like they’re losing their sense of control over the culture. We put on essentially costumes and signifiers that say, “This is the kind of man I am. In the same way that people don’t understand the masquerade, the almost drag-show element, of being just a being a regular dude. But at the time, especially when that song came out, there was total ignorance of who they were and what they were saying in a straight world. You can be obviously a very masculine gay guy. I’m not saying those two things are in opposition. The first is because the book is literally about “What does it mean to be a macho man? What is that? What does that mean? How do we evaluate what that is? How do we evaluate what masculinity is?” Then there’s obviously the irony of the fact that it was the Village People asking that question, a group that was embracing both every hyper-masculine stereotype while being gay icons. Was there any specific reason you decided to start your book with the Village People? You have a quote in the beginning of the book from the Village People song “Macho Man,” and masculinity is something you definitely dissect. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |