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02190aam a2200421 a 4500 001 A1DB199AA5A411E7A2B7C20597128E48 003 SILO 005 20170930010008 008 170125t20172017ncua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2017000630 020 $a 0822368668 020 $a 9780822368663 020 $a 0822368544 020 $a 9780822368540 035 $a (OCoLC)963793523 040 $a NcD/DLC $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d ILC $d YDX $d JIU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Comella, Lynn. 245 10 $a Vibrator nation : $b how feminist sex-toy stores changed the business of pleasure / $c Lynn Comella. 264 1 $a Durham : $b Duke University Press, $c 2017. 300 $a xiii, 278 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: The making of a market -- The business of masturbation -- Out of the therapist's office, into the vibrator shop -- Living the mission -- Repackaging sex -- The politics of products -- Sexperts and sex talk -- Selling identity -- Profitability and social change -- Conclusion: Grow or die? -- Appendix: Studying sexual culture and commerce. 520 $a In the 1970s a group of pioneering feminist entrepreneurs boldly reimagined who sex shops were for and the kinds of spaces they could be. They opened sex-toy stores not just as commercial enterprises, but to provide educational and community resources as well. Comella tells the fascinating history of how these stores raised sexual consciousness, redefined the adult industry, and changed women's lives. 650 0 $a Vibrators (Massage) $z United States. 650 0 $a Sex toys $z United States. 650 0 $a Female masturbation $z United States. 650 0 $a Female orgasm $z United States. 650 0 $a Sex-oriented businesses $z United States. 650 0 $a Feminism $z United States. 941 $a 4 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117024532.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718092905.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180605014035.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170930010411.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A1DB199AA5A411E7A2B7C20597128E48 994 $a C0 $b JIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search