Sex in the Archives: Writing American Sexual Histories

by Barry Reay

Book Overview

The archive has assumed a new significance in the history of sex, and this book visits a series of such archives, including the Kinsey Institute's erotic art; gay masturbatory journals in the New York Public Library; the private archive of an amateur pornographer; and one man's lifetime photographic dossier on Baltimore hustlers. Shedding new light on American sexual history, the topics covered are both fascinating and wide-ranging: the art history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526124548
• ISBN13: 9781526124548
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.4"