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The Real Paul Raymond
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Websites
History of Soho
www.mywestend.co.uk/westend/community-history-soho.htm
An overview of the history of London's most bohemian district; slightly
dated but mostly accurate.
The Melon Farmers
www.melonfarmers.co.uk
'Watching the censors watch what we watch.' A vast, obsessive, idiosyncratic
and invaluable resource on censorship in all its forms.
Who's Afraid of the Lord Chamberlain?
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/parade/abj76/PG/pieces/lord_chamberlain.shtml
Brief essay on the effects of theatre censorship on the post-war British
stage, originally written for a production of John Osborne's A Patriot
for Me.
Books
Kindly Leave the Stage! by Roger Wilmut (Methuen, 1989) out of
print
A history of the variety circuit which grew out of Edwardian music hall,
running from 1919 to 1960.
Pornography in Britain: Industries, markets, audiences, 1954-1993
by Anigma New Media (Anigma, 1993) £10
An extensively-researched and wide-ranging study of the British pornography
industry.
Soft Core by Bill Thompson (Cassell, 1994) £15.99
A closely-argued sociological critique of anti-pornography campaigns in
Britain and the USA.
The Dirty Squad by Michael Hames (Time Warner, 2001) £7.99
The memoirs of a former head of the Obscene Publications Squad, responsible
for the Squad's current exclusive concentration on child pornography.
Sex Exposed edited by Lynne Segal and Mary McIntosh (Rutgers,
1992) £13.95
A challenging collection of essays on pornography, feminism and censorship.
The Pornography of Representation by Susanne Kappeler (University
of Minnesota, 1986) £11.95
'Women are the generic object of culture, culture is the monologue of
the male gender.' Kappeler's radical feminist critique denounces pornography
while opposing separatism and censorship.
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