“The Other Hollywood”

Legendary punk rock historian Legs McNeil tackles the last half century of porn culture in the United States in "The Other Hollywood", a massive undertaking which seeks "to capture pornography in all its hilarity and horror, to tell the story of America's obsessive love/hate relationship with sex through the voices of those who embodied it" from the early days of girlie films and nudist reels to its status as a $10 billion a year industry. Readers hoping for a series of cheap thrills may be disappointed, however; says McNeil, "This book is really a woman's book. It isn't titillating in the erotic sense. It's about bad relationships." We can hardly wait for its release on March 1.

"The Other Hollywood: Cheshire's punk legend, Legs McNeil, writes the history of porn in America" (Fairfield County Weekly)
Preorder: "The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry" (Amazon)

Previously: "Strippers: The Untold History of the Girlie Show", A History of Sex in Film