Summary of Annals of Pornographie: How Porn Became Bad

Annals of Pornography: How Porn Became Bad is a fascinating look into the history of pornography in the United States, from its origins as a tolerated curiosity in the 1950s to its current status as a heavily regulated industry. Author Chauntelle Tibbals traces the rise and fall of porn through the eyes of participants and spectators who lived through the transformation. In this book, you'll go on a journey from the fields of “socio-sexual research” to the Golden Age of the VCR, and explore the hows and whys of today's conflicting attitudes toward pornography. Tibbals gives the reader unprecedented insight into the conversations, assumptions, and responses that have come to define how Americans feel about sexual imagery and representation. The result is an informative and thought-provoking story of how and why pornography developed into what it is today.