Joseph W. Slade

For better or worse, pornography and sexual representation suffuse American culture. This first comprehensive guide to the literature includes the history of pornography in the United States and discusses pornography in a vast range of media. Volume one opens with a discussion of the history of American pornography. Two separate sections present information regarding bibliographies and reference tools concerning pornography and reviews of references devoted to the histories of sexuality and its representations and on theoretical works on erotica and pornography. One chapter is devoted to a discussion of major research collections. Also included are a chronology of important dates in the history of American Pornography and a discussion of child pornography. Volume two focuses on dramatic, visual and electronic media and is arranged by topic. Chapters discuss the landscape of the body, performance, erotic and pornographic art, erotic and pornographic photography, motion pictures and videotapes, and electronic media. Volume three focuses on oral, print, and journalistic media and includes folklore and oral genres, erotic literature, newspapers, magazines and advertising, and comics. The volume concludes with a section concerning research and policy regarding medical and social sciences, the law in the United States, and the economics of pornography.

A Reference Guide

Pornography and Sexual Representation

Judith Yaross Lee

Contains--under these topical heads: The texts of nature; Quests for paradigms; Literary responses to science and technology (the latter with these sub-heads: Newtonian mechanics and the romantic rebellion; The mataphorical allure of modern physics; Imaginative responses to mechanization; Scientists and inventors as literary heroes)--a total of fourteen essays by diverse academic authors. Good stuff, carefully edited and well produced, likely to appeal most strongly to college and university faculty who have already on their syllabi the name of C.P. Snow. (NW) Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Essays on Science, Technology, and Literature

Beyond the Two Cultures

Provides alphabetically arranged entries on the architecture, art, ecology, folklore, food, religion, and recreation of each major United States region.

The Midwest

This pioneering work, first published in 1974, is still regarded as the best introduction to the fiction of America's premier novelist. Six chapters explore the themes of Pynchon's short fiction, "V., The Crying of Lot 49, " and "Gravity's Rainbow, " while a section added especially for this edition extends the assessment of the author's stature and impact on modern literature. The book is particularly helpful to those readers interested in Pynchon's encyclopedic approach to writing, since Slade clearly identifies the cultural, technological, and scientific elements woven into the novels.

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