Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex-Toy Stores Changed the Business of Pleasure Contributor(s): Comella, Lynn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0822368544 ISBN-13: 9780822368540 Publisher: Duke University Press
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Human Sexuality (see Also Psychology - Human Sexuality) - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General |
Dewey: 338.473 |
LCCN: 2017000630 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" L (1.20 lbs) 296 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 1970's - Chronological Period - 1980's - Chronological Period - 1990's - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index |
Review Citations: Choice 03/01/2018 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In the 1970s a group of pioneering feminist entrepreneurs launched a movement that ultimately changed the way sex was talked about, had, and enjoyed. Boldly reimagining who sex shops were for and the kinds of spaces they could be, these entrepreneurs opened sex-toy stores like Eve's Garden, Good Vibrations, and Babeland not just as commercial enterprises, but to provide educational and community resources as well. In Vibrator Nation Lynn Comella tells the fascinating history of how these stores raised sexual consciousness, redefined the adult industry, and changed women's lives. Comella describes a world where sex-positive retailers double as social activists, where products are framed as tools of liberation, and where consumers are willing to pay for the promise of better living-one conversation, vibrator, and orgasm at a time. |
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