Bear Book II, The

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"Further Readings in the History and Evolution of a Gay Male Subculture" by Les Wright, PhD, Editor

Look Beyond the fashion statement and learn what being a bear really means! The Bear Book II takes over where the first book leaves off to show you the contrast between the media image of the fun loving, carefree bear man and the health, image, psychological, technological and sexual concerns of bears living in the real world.

Introduction: Les Wright

Part 1: BEAR BODIES

Chapter 1: Bears and Health by Lawrence D. Mass

Chapter 2: Fat is a Bearish Issue Laurence Brown

Chapter 3: Bear Youth: An Interview with Brian Kerns, Bear Youth Webmaster

Chapter 4:By Any Otter Name: The Negative Space of the Bear by John Milton Hendricks

Chapter 5: The Beard of Joseph Palmer by Stewart Holbrook 

Part II: BEAR TESTIMONIES

Chapter 6: A Bear Admirer's (Subjective,Fluffy, and Totally Honest) Point of View by Ned Wilkinson

Chapter 7: A Puerto Rican Bear in the USA by Ali Lopez

Chapter 8: One Black B Save ear Speaks

Chapter 9: An Asian Bear in Minnesota by Dan Gan

Chapter 10: The Ephebe is Dead- Long Live the Bear by David Greig

Chapter 11: Parlaying Playmates into Lasting Friendships by John R. Yoakam 

Part III: MORE BEAR SPACES

Chapter 12: Theorizing Bearspace by Alex G. Papadopoulos

Chapter 13: Paws Between Two Worlds: Bears and the Leather Community by Robert B. Marks Ridinger

Chapter 14: Gen-X Bears International by John-Paul Patrick Kucera

Chapter 15: Bear-A-Tones: An Interview with David Salinas

Chapter 16: East Coast Bear Hugz by Tim Goecke

Chapter 17: The Bears Mailing List, Part 2: Interview with Henry Mensch

Part IV: BEAR CLUB SCENE

Chapter 18: A Bear's Autobiography by Jim Parton

Chapter 19: Bear Contests by Les Wright

Chapter 20: A Short History of Bear Clubs in Iowa: The Bear Paws of Iowa and The Ursine Group by Larry Toothman

Chapter 21: Houston Area Bears by Mitch Froehlich

Chapter 22: The Bears Come to Rochester by John O. Noble

Chapter 23: A Short History of the Brisbears by Peter Sharman

Part V: MORE BEARS MOVE ABROAD

Chapter 24: A Bear Voice from Turkey by Mehmet Ali Sahin

Chapter 25: Falstaff's Legacy: The Bears of Albion by Howard Watson

Chapter 26: The Rise of the Australian Bear Community Since 1995 by Seumas Hyslop

Part VI: BEARS IN MEDIA

Chapter 27: You Can Lead A Bear to Culture, but... or Bears Literature and Culture: A Discussion with David Bergman and Michael Bronski by Ron Suresha

Chapter 28: Laid Bears: Masculinity with All the Trappings by Thomas McCann

Chapter 29: In Goldilocks's Footsteps: Exploring the Discursive Construction of Gay Masculinity in Bear Magazines by Elizabeth A. Keyy and Kate Kane

Appendix: Early Published Writings on Bears by Les Wright

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