Lynn Comella

Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex-Toy Stores Changed the Business of Pleasure

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Produktbeschreibung

Lynn Comella tells the fascinating history of how feminist sex-toy stores such as Eve's Garden, Good Vibrations and Babeland raised sexual consciousness, redefined the adult industry, provided educational and community resources, and changed the way sex was talked about, had, and enjoyed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9780822368663
• ISBN-10: 0822368668
• Artikelnr.: 47084783

Autorenporträt

Lynn Comella is Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and coeditor of New Views on Pornography: Sexuality, Politics, and the Law.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction. The Making of a Market  1
1. The Business of Masturbation  15
2. Out of the Therapist's Office, into the Vibrator Shop  43
3. Living the Mission  63
4. Repackaging Sex  88
5. The Politics of Products  113
6. Sexperts and Sex Talk  136
7. Selling Identity  161
8. Profitability and Social Change  188
Conclusion. Grow or Die?  211
Appendix. Studying Sexual Culture and Commerce  229
Notes  235
Selected Bibliography  257
Index  267