sexual discourse, erotica, and pornography in America today /
First Statement of Responsibility
Kenneth C.W. Kammeyer.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Plagrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xi, 266 pages ;
Dimensions
22 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-247) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Sexual materials and pornography in today's society -- Theoretical foundation and conceptual tools -- Repression and censorship : early and continuing attempts to suppress sexual materials and pornography -- Sex on the printed page : from literary classics to Playboy and x-rated comics -- Sex in academe : from Kinsey's research to porn studies -- Sex therapy : the profession, the business, the hucksters, and the spammers -- Sex on film : stag movies, porn flicks, Hollywood nc-17, videos/dvds -- Radio and television : from cautious beginnings to shock jocks and anything-goes cable and satellite TV -- Sex on the internet : unlimited and uncontrolled -- The hypersexual society : where we are and what lies ahead.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"America today is a hypersexual society. Sexual discourse, erotica, and pornography are pervasive in the culture. Sexual materials, many times extending into erotica and pornography, are found in the consumer world, academia, sex therapy, the publishing world, mass media (especially radio, television and movies) and the Internet. The sexual materials found in all these areas of American society provoke relentless opposition by groups and individuals who want to repress or censor sexual materials. The combined effects of those who promote and produce sexual materials, and those who try to suppress them, lead to a society permeated with contentious sexual discourse."--Jacket.