Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
vi, 631 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [563]-609) and index. |
Contents |
A Wednesday in November -- Down the rabbit hole -- The night we met the Clintons -- The Bubba boomer -- On the third wave -- Empowerment icons -- The crying game -- A vagina travelogue -- The glory of O -- Culture warriors, man your battle stations -- Wanderlust -- The wild blue web -- Don't ask, don't tell -- The age of the long lie -- The oversexed, underexamined, media-soaked yadda yadda of everyday life -- Botox, booties, and bods -- the bust boom -- Celebrity sin -- Four moments that changed the narrative -- The Boomsie twins -- Objects in mirror are tinier than they appear -- Shadows on the wall of the man cave -- Dudes and subdudes -- Porn goes pop -- Chez Fleiss -- Hard currency -- The lowest-hanging fruit -- Culture wars, part II -- The hardener's tale -- Homo erectus -- The internet and the intern -- Afterword: The Trumpen Show. |
Summary |
Discusses how the rise of the Internet, reality television, and tabloid culture transformed the boundaries of sexuality in the 1990s, providing first-hand accounts by such individuals as Monica Lewinsky, Joan Rivers, and Jesse Jackson. |
Subject |
Sex -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Sex in popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Sexual ethics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Sex scandals -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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United States -- Moral conditions -- 20th century.
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Moral conditions. (OCoLC)fst01026043
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Sex. (OCoLC)fst01114160
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Sex in popular culture. (OCoLC)fst01114483
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Sex scandals. (OCoLC)fst01742913
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Sexual ethics. (OCoLC)fst01114835
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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ISBN |
9780446556293 (hardcover) |
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0446556297 (hardcover) |
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