The People's Porn: A History of Handmade Pornography in America

by Lisa Z. Sigel

Book Overview

The first history of American handmade and homemade pornography, The People's Porn offers the backstory to the explosion of amateur pornography on the web. In doing so, it provides a much-needed counterweight to ahistorical and ideological arguments that dominate most discussions of pornography.

Critics tend to focus on mass-produced materials and make claims about pornography as plasticized or commodified. In contrast, eminent historian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789142261
• ISBN13: 9781789142266
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 8.5"