Pornography
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85105008
- info:lc/authorities/sh85105008
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85105008#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
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--U.S. 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
Change Notes
- 2000-09-18: new
- 2009-01-28: revised
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