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Author O'Hara, Scott

Title Autopornography : a memoir of life in the lust lane / Scott O'Hara
Published New York : Haworth Press, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 210 pages)
Series Haworth gay & lesbian studies
Haworth gay & lesbian studies.
Contents Something in the water -- Soap gets in my eyes -- June -- The family: hard to live with -- Chrysanthemum tea -- Re-creation -- The good parts -- "Is that all real?" -- That sandwiched feeling -- Venice Beach: Memorial Day -- Porn -- The videos: easy to work with -- AIDS -- Foreskin -- The noose -- Open wide -- ... and perhaps some wine, to clear the throat -- Passion by mistake -- Colm -- Philip Core -- Scott in love -- Dear ex-lover -- Pornstars in private -- Chess -- Peaks -- Spunk-boy -- Chronology
Summary In this provocative book, retired porn star Scott O'Hara (known as "Spunk" by many of his fans from an early punk photospread) gives a backstage look at the world of pornography, revealing why he loved it, what he got out of it, and why he left it. In an autobiographical style, he considers and poses answers to some fascinating questions: What is sex? What makes a porn star? And why does pornography really upset people? You'll really get to know this noted gay porn star as you get a firsthand look at his life experiences and sexual journeys from his boyhood days of locker room fantas
Notes Print version record
Subject O'Hara, Scott
SUBJECT O'Hara, Scott fast
Subject Gay pornography -- United States -- Case studies
Gay motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography
Sex industry -- United States -- Employees -- Biography
AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Pornography.
AIDS (Disease) -- Patients
Gay motion picture actors and actresses
Gay pornography
Sex industry -- Employees
United States
Genre/Form collective biographies.
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Case studies
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781135024307
1135024308