Whether in front of the camera or behind it, Candice Vadala
(1950–2015) understood herself both as an artist and
entrepreneur. As Candida Royalle—underground actress, porn star,
producer of adult content, and staunch feminist—she made a
business of pleasure, her life and work crystalizing the broader
hedonistic turn in American life in the second half of the
twentieth century. Drawing extensively from never-before-studied
diaries, letters, photographs, films, and art documenting
Royalle’s private and professional life, historian Jane Kamensky
expands and explodes the conventions of biography. Readers witness
the lives of ordinary women from the inside-out during a period of
seismic change, including the postwar restructuring of gender
roles, the growing popularity of psychoanalysis, and the
mass-marketing of pornography. Written with cinematic verve,
Candida Royalle and the Sexual Revolution evocatively examines the
rise and ambiguous successes of a heroine who broke the mold and
was herself broken in turn.
General
| Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
March 2024 |
| Authors: |
Jane Kamensky
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
512 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-324-00208-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-324-00208-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781324002086 |
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