Where's the Sex? Our Double Standards in Visual Media.

Pitman, Randy

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ERIC Number: EJ555766

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Where's the Sex? Our Double Standards in Visual Media.

Pitman, Randy

Library Journal, v122 n19 p31-33 Nov 15 1997

Examines the inability of libraries to include sexual videotapes in their collections. Discusses the explicit text versus visual images and the double standards in collection policies; Madonna's picture book, "Sex"; controversial films; and who the censors are. Reviews 20 videotapes with explicit images of violence, sex, and other issues. (AEF)

Descriptors: Censorship, Information Policy, Library Collections, Library Policy, Printed Materials, Sexuality, Videotape Recordings, Visual Aids, Visual Stimuli

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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