27 Feb 08
Originally posted by Loose ScrewAnais Nin - The Delta of Venus. It makes porn very high art.
How about the Kama Sutra?
Is it erotica or porn?
This is what wikipedia says about it:
Kamasutra, (also Kama Sutra), is an ancient Indian text widely considered to be the standard work on love in Sanskrit literature. It is said to be authored by Mallanaga Vatsyayana. A portion of the work deals with human sexual behavior.
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27 Feb 08
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Originally posted by Bosse de NageIndeed. For example, I think 'Debbie Does Hollywood', 'Deep Throat' or 'The Devil in Mrs. Jones' have much more academic value than 'Woodman Castings' or 'The Bang Bus', even though the former are better arousal materials than the latter ones.
Pornography is a respectable academic discipline. The only question is why academics privilege nasty porn, like Sade, over more conventional forms.
Academically speaking, the subtle is more useful than the evident.
At least in this area.
07 Mar 08
Go to the museum of Pompei in Naples and you will see some examples of Roman porn. Many temples in Asia, especially Thailand have pretty explicit carvings. They may have a cultural or religious significance, but I reckon the carvers were not much better than us doodling breasts and phallic symbols when bored in class.
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08 Mar 08
I can second that. I've just recently returned from Koh Tao, Thailand, and it seems that you can't leave a log or any vaguely cylindrical piece of wood laying about without one of the locals carving it into the exaggerated form of a veiny triumphant dick. Even low lying tree branches aren't safe. I didn't see this practice any where else in Thailand, one of the locals told me they bring good luck.