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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Secret Museum: Pornography in Modern Cultureby Walter Kendrick
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Walter Kendrick traces the relatively recent concept of pornography--the word was not coined until the late 18th century--which became a public issue once the printing press gave ordinary people access to the erotica of the Greeks and Romans, the art and literature of the French enlightenment, and the poems of the Earl of Rochester and John Cleland's "Fanny Hill," From the secret museums to the pornography trials of "Madame Bovary" and "Lady Chatterly's Lover," to Mapplethorpe, cable TV, and the Internet, Kendrick explores how conceptions of pornography relate to issues of freedom of expression and censorship. Synopsis:Although erotica has always existed, "pornography" is a recent phenomenon: as late as the eighteenth century the word did not exist. From the secret museums to the pornography trials of Madame Bovary and Lady Chatterly's Lover, to Mapplethorpe, cable TV, and the Internet, Walter Kendrick explores how conceptions of pornography relate to issues of freedom of expression and censorship. He provides, too, a fascinating portrait gallery of the jurists, artists, guardians of public morality, sleaze merchants, and civil libertarians who have played roles in the changing definitions of pornography.
Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-304) and index. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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