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Smut : a sex industry insider (and concerned father) says enough is enough
- Author / Creator
Details
- Creator
- Gil Reavill
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Sentinel, 2005
- Physical Details
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- 208 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781595230126, 1595230122
- OCLC
- ocm59760285
- Includes index.
- "Footnotes and a select bibliography may be found at www.smutthebook.com"--P. 201.
- pt. 1. Freedom from expression -- 1. The oldest story in the book -- 2. What I'm doing here -- 3. The unchangeable channel -- 4. Culture-whipped -- 5. The clown prince -- 6. Wasting away in Pottersville -- pt. 2. Pottersville, U.S.A. -- 7. The boob tube : prime-time TV -- 8. "The id on the grid" : basic cable -- 9. True lies : reality TV -- 10. I don't want my MTV : music videos -- 11. Tangled in the Web : Internet sex -- 12. Virtual worlds : child pornography on the Internet -- 13. Ad nauseam : public signage -- 14. The jean pool : fashion -- 15. The savage breast : pop music -- 16. Silent thrill : video games -- 17. Dropping dime : phone sex -- 18. The return of porn chic : books -- 19. Maximization : magazines -- 20. A case of the creeps : movies -- pt. 3. Why we are where we are -- 21. The curse of the chattering class -- 22. The male animal -- 23. Chilling slopes and slippery effects -- 24. Censor sensibility -- 25. Why obscenity prosecution doesn't work -- pt. 4. What we can do -- 26. Television -- 27. The Internet -- 28. The public commons