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Pornographic Theaters Off Times Square 时代广场外的色情剧院

The Pornography Controversy Pub Date : 2020-02-13 DOI: 10.4324/9780429339264-10

Joseph P. Slade

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Pornography — Raging Menace or Paper Tiger? 色情——愤怒的威胁还是纸老虎?

The Pornography Controversy Pub Date : 2020-02-13 DOI: 10.4324/9780429339264-7

J. Gagnon, W. Simon

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Polity, Politics and Social Research: A Study in the Relationship of Federal Commissions and Social Science 政治、政治与社会研究:联邦委员会与社会科学关系研究

The Pornography Controversy Pub Date : 2020-02-13 DOI: 10.4324/9780429339264-18

R. Rist

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Moral Principles Towards a Definition of the Obscene 淫秽定义的道德原则

The Pornography Controversy Pub Date : 2020-02-13 DOI: 10.2307/1190286

H. Gardiner

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The Pleasures of Commodity, or How to Make the World Safe for Pornography 商品的乐趣，或如何使世界对色情安全

The Pornography Controversy Pub Date : 2020-02-13 DOI: 10.2307/4610982

Peter Michelson

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Obscenity as an Esthetic Category 淫秽作为审美范畴

The Pornography Controversy Pub Date : 2020-02-13 DOI: 10.2307/1190285

A. Kaplan

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