[lbo-talk] Theory of Porn

[kelley at pulpculture.org]

At 07:12 PM 2/3/2004, Michael Dawson -PSU wrote:
> > No, the claim was that porn didn't exist as a _genre_, but emerged
> > 1500-1800. Lynn Hunt (and Ken) ddidn't argue that porn didn't exist prior
> > to that era. I suspect it's probably an argument very similar to the
> > argument that homosexuality, as we understand it today, didn't exist prior
> > to the 1800s. Ultimately, whether you buy it or not, there's plenty of
>info
> > out there on the 'net and in your library, so you can judge Hunt's claims
> > for yourself. Maybe we'd even have a much more fruitful conversation than
> > what has transpired so far--with some interlocutors unable to grasp the
> > basic claim to begin with.
> >
> > Kelley
>
>
>What "genre" of printed material _did_ exist before 1500?  For that matter,
>what year did the word "genre" come to life as a way of classifying
>literature?  It can't have been before there were printing presses in
>copious numbers.

it's an Eleusian Mystery.

love,

Hera's Holy Hora

(off to suck the cream out of a cannoli....)