| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 278) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: the making of a market -- The business of masturbation -- Out of the therapist's office, into the vibrator shop -- Living the mission -- Repackaging sex -- The politics of products -- Sexperts and sex talk -- Selling identity -- Profitability and social change -- Conclusion: grow or die? -- Appendix: studying sexual culture and commerce |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 23, 2017) |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Vibrators (Massage) -- United States
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Sex toys -- United States
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Female masturbation -- United States
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Female orgasm -- United States
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Sex industry -- United States
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Feminism -- United States
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Female masturbation
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Female orgasm
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Feminism
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Sex industry
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Sex toys
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Vibrators (Massage)
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Feminismus
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Sexshop
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Sexualität
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Sexuelles Hilfsmittel
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United States
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USA
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2017006456 |
| ISBN |
9780822372677 |
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0822372673 |
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