Candida Royalle and the Sexual Revolution: A History from Below

by Jane Kamensky

Book Overview

Whether in front of the camera or behind it, Candice Vadala understood herself as both an artist and an entrepreneur. As Candida Royalle (1950-2015)--underground actress, porn star, producer of adult movies, and staunch feminist--she made a business of pleasure. She helped crystalize the broader hedonistic turn in American life in the second half of the twentieth century: a period when the rules of sex were rewritten; when the white-hot "sex wars"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324105380
• ISBN13: 9781324105381
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 544 Pages