From Vanderbilt's Collection
The Regulation of Sex-Themed Visual Imagery: from clay tablets to tablet computers by
Lyombe Eko carries out an historical and cultural survey of the regulation of visual depictions of explicit human sexual conduct from their earliest appearance on the clay tablets of the valley of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in ancient Mesopotamia, to the tablet computers of Silicon Valley. The Regulation of Sex-Themed Visual Imagery analyzes the contemporary problem of the applicability of the human right of freedom of expression to explicit imagery in the face of societal interests in the regulation of representations of human sexuality. This book will be of interest to scholars, students, and broad audiences interested in comparative studies in pornography regulation, the history of pornography, the law of pornography and obscenity, and visual culture and history alike.
Call Number: Law Library, HQ458 .E5185 2015ISBN: 9781137564238
How to Come Out (or Not) Like a Porn Star by
This one-of-a-kind book shares intimate personal stories of porn performers "coming out" to family, friends, partners, lovers, and community. The contributors represent a wide range of races, ethnicities, and genders. They include Joanna Angel, Annie Sprinkle, Betty Blac, Nina Hartley, Candida Royalle, Conner Habib, Dale Cooper, Christopher Zeischegg, Cindy Gallop, Drew DeVeaux, Erika Lust, Gala Vanting, Casey Calvert, Lorelei Lee, Stoya, Ignacio Rivera AKA Pap#65533; Coxxx, and many others. Jiz Lee is a veteran porn performer who had worked in over two-hundred projects within indie, queer, and hardcore gonzo adult genres. Lee is the editor of Coming Out Like a Porn Star, and co-editor of the Porn Studies Journal Special Issue: Porn and Labour.
Call Number: Available online.ISBN: 9780990557180Publication Date: 2015-09-28
Organizations
- Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP)Anti-child pornography movement investigating child pornography websites.
- Free Speech CoalitionThe Free Speech Coalition is a trade association for the adult entertainment industry. It works to "limit the legal risks of being an adult business, increases the profitability of its members, promotes the acceptance of the industry in America's business community, and supports greater public tolerance for freedom of sexual speech."
- Morality in MediaMorality in Media is a national, not-for-profit, interfaith organization established to combat obscenity. It maintains the National Obscenity Law Center, a clearinghouse of legal materials on obscenity law, and conducts public information programs.
- Our Porn, Ourselves"[A] resource that aims to create an alternative and constructive conversation on the use of pornography by women, and in turn offer balance to the anti-porn feminist agenda."
Multiple Viewpoints
- Opposing Viewpoints in Context (OV or OVIC) This link opens in a new windowPro and con articles on important social, political, and economic issues. Reference articles that provide context, magazines, newspapers, primary source documents, government and organizational statistics, and links.
- Points of View Reference Center This link opens in a new windowEssays that present multiple sides of a current issue, each with an overview, point, and counterpoint. Contains: political magazines, newspapers, radio and TV news transcripts, primary source documents, and reference books.
Useful Library of Congress Subject Headings
To get a sense of what we might have on the topic of pornography, try a "SUBJECT begins with" search in Library Catalog using one of the sample Library of Congress Subject Headings listed below:
- Erotic films United States History and criticism
- Pornography Social aspects
- Sex in mass media
