Cover; CRUISING THE LIBRARY; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction: A Book Is Being Cataloged; 1. Naming Subjects: "Paraphilias"; 2. Labeling Obscenity: The Delta Collection; 3. Mapping Perversion: HQ71, etc.; 4. Aberrations in the Catalog; 5. The Trouble with Access / Toward Reparative Taxonomies; Epilogue: Sadomasochism in the Library; Acknowledgments; Notes; General Index; Index to Library of Congress Subject Headings; Index to Library of Congress Classifications.
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Cruising the Library examines the ways in which library classifications have organized sexuality and sexual perversion. The author studies the Library of Congress Subject Headings and Classification, as well as the Library of Congress's Delta Collection, a restricted collection of obscenity until 1964.
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Title
Cruising the Library.
International Standard Book Number
082327635X
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Delta Collection (Library of Congress)-- History.
Delta Collection (Library of Congress)
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Classification-- Books-- Minorities.
Classification, Library of Congress-- Evaluation.
Information organization-- Philosophy.
Social sciences-- Terminology.
Subject cataloging-- Social aspects-- United States.
Subject headings-- Sexual minorities.
Subject headings, Library of Congress-- Evaluation.
Language Arts & Disciplines-- Library & Information Science-- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Gay Studies.
Social sciences.
Subject headings, Library of Congress-- Evaluation.