Pornographic films
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Pornographic films
- When subdivided by the appropriate geographic, topical, and/or form subdivisions, this heading is used for works about pornographic films.
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009000144
- info:lc/authorities/sh2009000144
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2009000144#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Adult films (Pornographic films)
- Blue movies
- Porn films
- Porno films
- Sex films (Pornographic films)
- Stag films
- XXX films
Broader Terms
Narrower Terms
Related Terms
Sources
- found: Moving image genre-form guide online, Jan. 7, 2009 (pornography: Work representing persons engaged in explicit, usually unfaked, sexual acts with a primary intent of arousing viewers; RT erotic)
- found: Wikipedia, Jan. 7, 2009 (pornographic film: older names for a pornographic movie include adult film, stag film, and blue movie; pornographic works often refered to as porno; xxx: identifier for pornography, especially x-rated movies)
- found: LaRue, C.C. Making it big : sex stars, porn films, and me, 1997.
- found: Enforcing condoms in porn films won't be easy, L.A. supervisors say, in Los Angeles times online, July 11, 2012, viewed on July 13, 2012 (the San Fernando Valley, where many porn films are produced)
- found: Medina, J. Los Angeles vote to decide on condoms in sex films, in New York times online, Dec. 28, 2011, viewed on July 13, 2012 (pornographic films; adult film)
- found: Mandatory condoms for sex films in Los Angeles, via YouTube, viewed on July 13, 2012.
LC Classification
- PN1995.9.S45
General Notes
- When subdivided by the appropriate geographic, topical, and/or form subdivisions, this heading is used for works about pornographic films.
Change Notes
- 2009-01-07: new
- 2012-10-10: revised
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