Porn 101: Eroticism, Pornography, and the First Amendment

Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1999. First edition, first printing (full number line). Large octavo /small quarto in color illus paper wraps; 161 p.: illus in b/w, notes, index, lengthy bibliography.; 23 cm. Wrapper edges rubbed; some mild, light soiling to fore-edge; else a Very Good copy. Binding tight, pages clean, aside from some small pencil lines (easily erased) to author / contributor index. A used copy of the scarce first printing. Paperback. ISBN: 1573927503

Contents: Great war stories: warriors and their battles over obscenity -- Expert witnesses -- Sex, censorship, and the battle over morality -- Women, feminism, sexuality, and censorship -- The research on, experience of, and effects of pornography --- Pornography, censorship, and the classroom -- A view of film and video as a genre -- Our erotic heritage: form literature to toys to comic books -- "In their own words": the actors and actresses of the pornography industry -- Gay, bi, lesbian, and transgendered pornography -- Child pornography: forbidden thoughts and images in an erotic landscape --Historical aspects of pornography. Pornography -- United States. Erotica -- United States. Censorship -- United States. Feminism -- United States.