Libraries, Erotica, & Pornography

Herausgeber: Cornog, Martha

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What is the importance--if any--of erotica in a library collection? When is erotica pornography? What do your patrons think? Before you find yourself in the center of this controversy, read Libraries, Erotica, & Pornography --the first in-depth examination of the issues, the solutions, and their complications. Seventeen original essays share the experiences and insights of working librarians, researchers in human sexuality, a public library administrator, and library educators as well as a leading authority on erotic literature and a popular novelist. This volume contains valuable advice on deciding a policy, handling patron objections, and responding to community pressures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 491g
• ISBN-13: 9780897744744
• ISBN-10: 0897744748
• Artikelnr.: 21643468

Autorenporträt

MARTHA CORNOG has written a wide range of articles on information science, librarianship, and sex, and coauthored, with Timothy Perper, teaching guides on human sexuality. She was on the board of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex and is manager of Membership Services for the American College of Physicians.

Inhaltsangabe

ContentsFor Sex, See Librarian: An IntroductionMartha Cornog and Timothy
PerperThe Lure of the ForbiddenG. LegmanWords, Libraries, and MeaningMartha
Cornog and Timothy PerperPornography in the Library? Yes!Bill
KatzPornography in the Library? No!Will ManleyResearch and Archival Value
of Erotica/PornographyVern L.BulloughFeminism, Pornography, and
LibrariesChristine JenkinsThe Feminist Attack on Pornography: The
Minneapolis and Indianapolis Porn OrdinancesElizabeth M. McKenzieA Case
Study of Censorship? The Library of Congress and the Brailling of
PlayboyMartha CornogWhat Happens When Libraries Subscribe to Playboy?
Martha CornogProviding Access to Materials on SexualityMartha CornogErotica
Research CollectionsGwendolyn L. PershingHomosexuality Research
CollectionsDaniel C. TsangAccess or Censorship? Libraries and Pornography:
An Annotated Selective BibliographyEvelyn Apterbach, Adam Halicki-Conrad,
and Mimi B. Penchansky, with additions by Martha CornogAn Annotated
Bibliography of Qual