{"product_id":"9781789142266","title":"The People's Porn","description":"Author: Lisa Z. Sigel\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781789142266\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Dec 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first history of American handmade and homemade pornography,\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003ci\u003eThe People's Porn\u003c\/i\u003e\u0026amp;nbsp;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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritics tend to focus on mass-produced materials and make claims about pornography as plasticized or commodified. In contrast, eminent historian Lisa Z. Sigel looks at what people\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003ci\u003emade\u003c\/i\u003e, rather than what they bought, revealing how people thought about sexuality for themselves. She explores periods when these sexual artifacts were pilloried, ransacked, and destroyed, providing a unique document of rare nineteenth- and twentieth-century objects. Whalers and craftsmen, prisoners and activists, African Americans and feminists-all made their own pornography.\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRanging across the full sweep of this output,\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003ci\u003eThe People's Porn\u003c\/i\u003e\u0026amp;nbsp;challenges preconceptions as it tells a new and fascinating story about American sexual history\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46852921655454,"sku":"ADS-9781789142266","price":69.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781789142266.jpg?v=1779064785","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781789142266","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}