American erotica  

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A typical image from Perversion for Profit: a photograph taken from a lesbian pornography magazine and censored with colored rectangles
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North American erotica is erotica from the USA and Canada. It is closely linked to its censorship of obscenity history.

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19th century

Anthony Comstock

20th century

20th century publishers

Film

1970s

Mona (1970) - Behind the Green Door (1972) - Deep Throat (1972) - The Devil in Miss Jones (1973) - Score (1973) The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1976)

See North American pornographic film

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academic study of pornography - Al Goldstein - Dian Hanson - American exploitation - Deep Throat - Jay A. Gertzman - Richard Kern - Eric Kroll - Russ Meyer - Bettie Page - Playboy - porno chic - Alex de Renzy - Ralph Ginzburg - Mark Rotenberg - Joe Sarno - Eric Stanton - John Willie

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"Now, you might ask yourself, why this sudden concern? Pornography and sex deviation have always been with mankind. This is true. But now, consider another fact. Never in the history of the world have the merchants of obscenity, the teachers of unnatural sex acts, had available to them the modern facilities for disseminating this filth. High-speed presses, rapid transportation, mass distribution. All have combined to put the vilest obscenity within reach of every man, woman and child in the country." —George Putnam, narrator.

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