{"product_id":"gay-traders-60s-gay-pulp-artwork","title":"Gay Traders (60's Gay Pulp Artwork)","description":"\u003ch1 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eGay Traders\u003c\/em\u003e — 1968 Vintage Gay Pulp Novel Poster\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in \u003cstrong\u003e1968\u003c\/strong\u003e by \u003cstrong\u003eCompanion Books\u003c\/strong\u003e—part of the gloriously sleazy \u003cstrong\u003eGreenleaf \/ Phenix\u003c\/strong\u003e paperback universe—\u003cem\u003eGay Traders\u003c\/em\u003e by \u003cstrong\u003eAaron Thomas\u003c\/strong\u003e belongs to that wonderfully disreputable corner of queer print culture where the covers were loud, the plots were ridiculous, and subtlety had quietly left the building.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis was the late 1960s, right on the edge of gay liberation, when homosexual life in America was still largely forced underground. Mainstream bookstores weren't exactly overflowing with positive representations of gay men, so cheap pulp paperbacks filled the gap. They were sensational, tawdry, often absurd, and frequently more interested in sex than literary greatness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBooks like \u003cem\u003eGay Traders\u003c\/em\u003e were sold as exploitation, but they also became part of the visual and cultural record of pre-Stonewall and early liberation-era gay life. For all their camp, sleaze, and overheated copywriting, they offered readers a coded little thrill: proof that other homosexuals existed, had desires, and were apparently getting into all sorts of entertaining trouble.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Printify","offers":[{"title":"16″ x 24″ \/ Matte","offer_id":67996940566686,"sku":"21300920473470825741","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24″ x 36″ \/ Matte","offer_id":67996940599454,"sku":"29681560207252056911","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/1893\/4942\/files\/3776272977425083023_2048.jpg?v=1794406888","url":"https:\/\/brankobrand.com\/products\/gay-traders-60s-gay-pulp-artwork","provider":"Branko Brand","version":"1.0","type":"link"}