BOOK NUMBER: 86
SUBJECT MATTER: Playboy, US Social Conditions
TITLE: Playboy and the Making of the Good Life in Modern America
AUTHOR: Elizabeth Fraterrigo
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press
COPYRIGHT: 2009, 295 pages
Read about the beginnings of the Playboy empire (magazine and more) as created by Hugh Hefner, and it's role in the social changes throughout the years in the USA.
Quote from book: "...Playboy nonetheless played a catalytic role in the refashioning of gender roles and sexuality mores since the 1950's, and its underlying messages about pleasure, consumption, and the freedom to find fulfillment in a lifestyle of ones own choosing are now cornerstones of American culture."-from page 210
Wonderful color cover!
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