Homoeroticism

Homoeroticism refers to same-sex love and desire, most especially as it is depicted or manifested in the visual arts and literature. It can also be found in performative forms; from theatre to the theatricality of uniformed movements (e.g.: the Wandervogel and Gemeinschaft der Eigenen). Homoeroticism thus differs from the interpersonal homoerotic; because homoeroticism is a set of artistic and performative traditions, in which such feelings can be embodied in culture and thus expressed into the wider society.

Difference from pornography

Such eroticism in art is usually subtle and contains some 'emotional charge'; which, in the arts, is the main factor that distinguishes it from explicit pornography featuring genitals & sex acts. Thus, it can often evade censure and confiscation by the state. Yet homoerotic material can ultimately be more potent than pornography, since some further act of imagination is often required in order to make it explicitly arousing.

Related Topics:
Pornography - Censure

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