num_pages: 227
description: How did concepts of sex &amp; gender, race &amp; class, home &amp; empire develop in Victorian society? Here, Sigel charts the evolution of these ideas through the medium of pornography (PN). She details its prod'n., dist'n., &amp; cons'n. in Great Britain between Waterloo &amp; WWI. Sigel examines how this medium changed over time to explore key How did Brit. society define PN? Who had access to it? What did people make of its ideas? And how did these messages affect sexual &amp; social dynamics? PN offered people a way to make sense of sexuality &amp; its relationship to the world during the transition of Brit. society from an era of radical politics to one of consumer pleasures. Illustrated with literary &amp; visual materials drawn from public &amp; private collections.
language: English
title: Governing Pleasures: Pornography & Social Change in England, 1815-1914
titlecomplete: Governing Pleasures: Pornography & Social Change in England, 1815-1914
genres: Sexuality, History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 26
publisher: Diane Pub Co