The Politics of Sex: Prostitution and Pornography in Australia Since 1945This political history of the sex industry in Australia since World War II cogently presents all sides of a complex and changing debate. |
Contents
Marking Danger Prostitution and Pornography Before 1945 | 15 |
A New Moral Economy? The Immediate PostWar Years 194555 | 38 |
The Sexual Revolution | 67 |
The Sexual Revolution and Pornography 195569 | 69 |
Revolutionary Limits Governing Prostitution 195569 | 97 |
Libertarian Moments 197075 | 125 |
After the Revolution | 161 |
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