LEADER 04205nam 2200781 a 450 001 9910783795503321 005 20231206210202.0 010 $a1-282-86101-8 010 $a9786612861017 010 $a0-7735-7090-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773570900 035 $a(CKB)1000000000244941 035 $a(OCoLC)76898624 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10119802 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000281133 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11239069 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281133 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10301051 035 $a(PQKB)10211145 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400243 035 $a(CaBNvSL)gtp00521506 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3330622 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10132803 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL286101 035 $a(OCoLC)929120692 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/8t330n 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400243 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3330622 035 $a(DE-B1597)657179 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773570900 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3243462 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000244941 100 $a20030509d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJudging obscenity$b[electronic resource] $ea critical history of expert evidence /$fChristopher Nowlin 210 $aMontreal ;$aIthaca [N.Y.] $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (302 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7735-2538-6 311 $a0-7735-2518-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [265]-274) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tThe Constitutional Backdrop for Reviewing Expert Opinions about Pornography -- $tProgressivism and Legislative Facts in the Shaping of Public Policy -- $tExperts and Obscenity Law: American Rules and Innovations (1884?1990) -- $tExperts and Obscenity Law: Canadian Rules and Derivations (1942?2000) -- $tFrom Sadomasochism to Child Pornography: Experts Narrow Their Focus While Canadian Courts Broaden Their Horizons -- $tIndecency Law: Microscopic and Macroscopic Views of the Female Breast and Lap-Dancing in the Dark -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tList of Cases -- $tIndex 330 $aHe demonstrates that these communities of experts are divided on such questions as, Can a novel or film be both high art and obscene? and, Is the world of heterosexual pornography categorically different from the worlds of gay and lesbian pornography? He observes that the ideas of an "average" psychological or behavioral response to a story or an image and the "community" standard of decency or tolerance are outmoded myths that elude all attempts at careful measurement. Nowlin concludes that lack of agreement among experts, for example, as to how and why some sexually explicit imagery titillates or pleases some people, while disgusting or demeaning others, can no longer be viewed simply in terms of moral, religious, or even political predilections. Judging Obscenity traces the way freedom of speech and the right to equality have taken shape within the worlds of pornographic expression and consumption and provides a historical glimpse of changing views about literature and art, as well as a critical examination of the nature of social science research in matters of human sexuality, media-response, and sexual expression. 606 $aTrials (Obscenity)$zCanada 606 $aEvidence, Expert$zCanada 606 $aPornography$zCanada 606 $aTrials (Obscenity)$zUnited States 606 $aEvidence, Expert$zUnited States 606 $aPornography$zUnited States 615 0$aTrials (Obscenity) 615 0$aEvidence, Expert 615 0$aPornography 615 0$aTrials (Obscenity) 615 0$aEvidence, Expert 615 0$aPornography 676 $a345.71/0274 700 $aNowlin$b Christopher J$g(Christopher Jon),$f1964-$01485868 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783795503321 996 $aJudging obscenity$93705152 997 $aUNINA