Pornocopia by Laurence O'toole
During a period of enormous public interest in porn and censorship, Pornocopia's lucid mix of reportage and critical analysis has made it the definitive text on the subject. This new edition considers the increasing sexualisation of mainstream culture and contrasts the growing acceptability of porn in the USA with the censorious New Labour era in Britain. Including numerous interviews with porn figures like Paul Thomas, John 'Buttman' Stagliano, Juli Ashton and Chasey Lain, porn activists and the police, Pornocopia is also unique in being the first ever book to consider the role of the porn viewer, including cyberlovers sharing their intimate porn moments with the reader.
Pornocopia is a fascinating guide to that overlit amusement park called commercial sex..Laurence O'Toole skilfully defuses all our anxieties in this thoughtful and provocative book * JG Ballard *
Packed with revelations about the porn industry... intelligent and humane * Sunday Times *
An excellent history of mass-market hardcore porn from the Sixties to the Nineties * GQ *
Packed with revelations about the porn industry... intelligent and humane * Sunday Times *
An excellent history of mass-market hardcore porn from the Sixties to the Nineties * GQ *
Laurence O'Toole has written features and reviews forThe New Statesman, The Independent and The Daily Telegraph. He lives in London and travelled widely in the UK and the USA to research Pornocopia, his first book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852427207 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852427205 |
| Title | Pornocopia |
| Author | Laurence O'toole |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1999-10-14 |
| Number of pages | 420 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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