History of Western Porn

Marianna Beck's series, The Roots of Western Pornography, is being published at Libido Film's blog. As they put it, "porn is not merely about sex. It also has a social and political context." Amen.

So far, there are three parts:

Part One: an introduction and Italy in the 16th-century in Italy (titled: I modi -- the birth of the stroke book)

Part Two: French Enlightenment in the 17th-century

Part Three: England Bites Back With Fanny Hill

Watch for the rest because it's excellent.

Image from Pietro Aretino's I modi.