The Ethnography of an Adult Bookstore: Private Scenes, Public Places (Mellen Studies in Sociology)

Makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the pornographic phenomenon by presenting the results of the three-year sociological study into the structure of one of the locations. Uses existing evidence and participatory observations, contents, clients, and social norms operative in a pornographic store in a mid-sized American city. Removes some of the mystique surrounding this socially "illicit" activity.Stein, Michael is the author of 'The Ethnography of an Adult Bookstore: Private Scenes, Public Places (Mellen Studies in Sociology)' with ISBN 9780889466296 and ISBN 0889466297.