The pornographer's daughter : a memoir of childhood, my dad, and Deep Throat / Kristin Battista-Frazee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Battista-Frazee, Kristin.

Contributor:

Thea Marie Garfield Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Battista-Frazee, Kristin--Childhood and youth.

Battista-Frazee, Kristin.

Deep throat (Motion picture).

Pornography--Social aspects.

Pornography.

Pornography--Law and legislation.

Pornography in popular culture.

Children and pornography.

Families.

Physical Description:

xv, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Skyhorse Pub., 2014.

Summary:

More than forty years after Deep Throat arrived on the cultural scene and inspired a sexual revolution, questions about the ethics of pornography and its impact on society are still being asked today and remain as controversial as ever. Kristin Battista-Frazee was only four years old in 1974 when her father, Anthony Battista, was indicted by the federal government for distributing the now famous porn film Deep Throat. As her father unexpectedly became an early pioneer in the emerging porn industry and transformed himself from Philadelphia stockbroker to porn broker, this indictment threatened.

Contents:

1 Stockbroker to Pornbroker 1

2 The Beach 17

3 Arrested 29

4 The Golden 33 41

5 Honeysuckle Divine 63

6 The Pornbroker's Wife 71

7 Grandma Maria Sees Deep Throat 89

8 Goodnight 97

9 Lock Down 111

10 The Memphis Trial 127

11 Let the Sun Shine In 147

12 Pornographer's Daughter 169

13 College Bound 181

14 New York State of Mind 193

15 Family Secrets 205

16 Good Girl in a Dirty World 213

17 Married to the Mob? 229

18 Like Mother, Like Daughter? 243.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Thea Marie Garfield Fund.

ISBN:

1629144347

9781629144344

OCLC:

867612192

Publisher Number:

99964767332