Pornography
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85105008
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85105008#concept
Variants
- Literature, Immoral
- Porn
- Porno
Broader Terms
Narrower Terms
Related Terms
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Narrower Concepts from Other Schemes
- Pornography--Aesthetics
- Pornography--Bibliography
- Pornography--Bibliography--Methodology
- Pornography--Censorship
- Pornography--Collectors and collecting
- Pornography--Government policy
- Pornography--Marketing
- Pornography--Moral and ethical aspects
- Pornography--Political aspects
- Pornography--Psychological aspects
- Pornography--Public opinion
- Pornography--US states
Earlier Established Forms
- Literature, Immoral
Sources
- found: Am. heritage dict.(porn, also porno: slang: pornography)
- found: Oxford English dictionary online, Jan. 5, 2009(pornography: the explicit description or exhibition of sexual subjects or activity in literature, painting, films, etc., in a manner intended to stimulate erotic rather than aesthetic feelings; printed or visual material containing this)
- found: Random House college dictionary, c1980(pornography: obscene literature, art, or photography, esp. that having little or no artistic merit)
- found: Webster's new collegiate dictionary, c1977(pornography: 1. the depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writing) intended to cause sexual excitement. 2. material (as books or a photograph) that depicts erotic behavior and is intended to cause sexual excitement)
LC Classification
- HQ471-HQ472
- NX650.E7
Instance Of
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Collection Membership(s)
Change Notes
- 2000-09-18: new
- 2022-12-22: revised
Alternate Formats