regulation of sex-themed visual imagery : from clay tablets to tablet computers

LyombeEko carries out an historical and cultural survey of the regulation of visualdepictions of explicit human sexual conduct from their earliest appearance onthe clay tablets of the valley of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in ancientMesopotamia, to the tablet computers of Silicon Valley. The Regulation ofSex-Themed Visual Imagery analyzes the contemporary problem of theapplicability of the human right of freedom of expression to explicit imageryin the face of societal interests in the regulation of representations of humansexuality. This book will be of interest to scholars, students, and broadaudiences interested in comparative studies in pornography regulation, thehistory of pornography, the law of pornography and obscenity, and visual cultureand history alike.