Our official English website, www.x-mol.net, welcomes your feedback! (Note: you will need to create a separate account there.)
Gay Porn, Politics and Lifestyle in 1980s Finland: The Short Life of Mosse Magazine
NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research ( IF 0.9 ) Pub Date : 2019-12-17 , DOI: 10.1080/08038740.2019.1692069
Mari Pajala 1 , Susanna Paasonen 1
Affiliation  

ABSTRACT Although the gay press has been seen as central to the formation of the gay movement, entertainment magazines focusing on sex and consumer lifestyle have until recently received little attention in studies on gay history. This article focuses on Mosse, the short-lived gay porn magazine published by mainstream publishing company Lehtimiehet in Finland between 1983 and 1985. In addition to nude photos and porn stories, Mosse featured articles on gay politics and lifestyle. Analysing Mosse’s attempt at creating a market for a new kind of gay magazine, the article explores the relationship between commercialism, porn and gay politics in Mosse. The article argues that Mosse, alongside other porn publications, explored themes of gay liberation and gay consumer culture at a time when the discussion of gay issues was limited in so-called legitimate media in Finland, in part due to legislation which criminalized the “encouragement” of homosexuality. In its articles on gay politics and lifestyle, Mosse positioned Finland as lagging behind Western countries, with Sweden and Denmark figuring as ideals of progress. Despite its modest circulation and short lifespan, Mosse’s very existence is significant as a sign that it was possible to imagine a Finnish gay consumer market in the first part of the 1980s.

中文翻译:

1980年代芬兰的同性恋色情,政治和生活方式:《摩西杂志》的短寿

摘要尽管同性恋新闻被视为同性恋运动形成的核心,但直到最近,有关性和消费者生活方式的娱乐杂志在同性恋历史研究中仍很少受到关注。本文的重点是Mosse,这是短暂的同性恋色情杂志,由主流出版公司Lehtimiehet在1983年至1985年之间在芬兰出版。除了裸体照片和色情故事外,Mosse还提供有关同性恋政治和生活方式的文章。文章分析了摩斯(Mosse)为新型同性恋杂志开辟市场的尝试,并探讨了摩斯(Mosse)的商业主义,色情和同性恋政治之间的关系。文章认为,摩西和其他色情出版物一样,在芬兰所谓合法媒体对同性恋问题的讨论受到限制的时候,探讨了同性恋解放和同性恋消费文化的主题,部分原因是立法将同性恋的“鼓励”定为犯罪。在有关同性恋政治和生活方式的文章中,莫斯将芬兰定位为落后于西方国家,瑞典和丹麦则认为这是进步的理想。尽管流通量适中,寿命短,但摩西的存在确实意义重大,这表明可以想象1980年代初期的芬兰同性恋消费市场。瑞典和丹麦认为这是进步的理想。尽管流通量适中,寿命短,但摩西的存在确实意义重大,这表明可以想象1980年代初期的芬兰同性恋消费市场。瑞典和丹麦认为这是进步的理想。尽管流通量适中,寿命短,但摩西的存在确实意义重大,这表明可以想象1980年代初期的芬兰同性恋消费市场。
更新日期:2019-12-17
down
wechat
bug