Long-ignored by art history and LGBTQ studies, the visual and material creations of leather communities in the United States are both abundant and community-focused. In Bound together, Andy Campbell uncovers the archives that house these creations and explores how contemporary artists have mined them to create a queer politics of the present. Hanky codes, blurry photographs of Tom of Finland drawings, a pin sash weighted down with divergent stories - these become touchstones for Campbell in thinking about and writing leather histories. He identifies such diverse locations as the Leather Archives and Museum, Viola Johnson's Mobile Library, and even the Museum of Modern Art in New York as sites where leather histories are kept and displayed. At the same time, he examines the work of artists such as Patrick Staff, Dean Sameshima, Monica Majoli, A. K. Burns and A. L.

Steiner, and the artist collective Die Kränken, each of whom appropriates archival material made by members of gay and lesbian leather communities. In doing this, he shows how archival histories and contemporary artistic projects might be enjoined in a broader analysis of LGBTQ culture and norms. Accessibly written and illustrated with almost a hundred images from leather archives across the United States, Bound together is an essential resource for specialists in LGBTQ and visual culture studies. It will also appeal to students of contemporary art, LGBTQ histories, and archival methods.