Reviews for Queer Cowboys: And Other Erotic Male Friendships in Nineteenth-Century American Literature

The average rating for Queer Cowboys: And Other Erotic Male Friendships in Nineteenth-Century American Literature based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-05-18 00:00:00 Michele Winstead Does not allow for the existence of *any* platonic friendship. Surely, like the infamous cigar, sometimes a sidekick is just a sidekick? A little repetitive. (Yes, this leads to skimming parts.) But full of stuff I didn't know - especially about Mark Twain - and I'd consider it a good resource for those interested in the subject matter. Thanks to this book, I discovered another fave Bret Harte story. (Bret Harte rocks!)

Review # 2 was written on 2021-01-31 00:00:00 Karen Schneble Cowboys gay. I definitely would've enjoyed it more if I had read the books before this. All of them are spoiled, and I learned to skim the summaries. Still, it made me think about queer male culture in terms of white american masculinity- most of the male queer rep we get nowadays tend to avoid typical masculinity. Honestly would not have read this if it weren't for Dean Winchester's fetish, but I'm glad to have read it.