Sex in the Archives: Writing American Sexual Histories Cleis Press "--Alexandra Schwartz

"--Alexandra Schwartz

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Sex in the Archives: Writing American Sexual Histories Cleis Press "--Alexandra SchwartzThe archive has assumed a new significance in the history of sex, and this book visits a series of such archives, including the Kinsey Institute's erotic art; gay masturbatory journals in the New York Public Library; the private archive of an amateur pornographer; and one man's lifetime photographic dossier on Baltimore hustlers. Shedding new light on American sexual history, the topics covered are both fascinating and wide ranging: the art history of