Golden Age of Porn
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The Golden Age of Porn was a period from the late 1960s to early 1980s when adult films gained mainstream visibility, higher production values, and cultural discussion in theaters and popular media.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Golden Age of Porn canonical | 7 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
era of pornography
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historical period ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Western popular culture ⓘ |
| causeOf | increased public debate about pornography regulation ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| endTime | early 1980s ⓘ |
| followedBy | home video pornography era ⓘ |
| follows | stag film era ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
celebrity status for some porn performers
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critical reviews in mainstream press ⓘ cultural discussion of pornography ⓘ emergence of porn chic ⓘ feature-length narrative adult films ⓘ higher production values in adult films ⓘ increased media coverage of pornography ⓘ intersection of pornography and art cinema ⓘ legal battles over obscenity ⓘ mainstream visibility of adult films ⓘ marketing campaigns for adult films ⓘ public debates about sexual morality ⓘ screenings in mainstream cinemas ⓘ theatrical releases of pornographic films ⓘ use of 16mm and 35mm film formats ⓘ wider distribution of adult films ⓘ |
| hasNotableEvent |
mainstream media coverage of porn chic in the 1970s
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obscenity trials related to Deep Throat ⓘ theatrical release of Deep Throat in 1972 ⓘ |
| hasNotableFigure |
Artie Mitchell
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Georgina Spelvin ⓘ Gerard Damiano ⓘ Harry Reems ⓘ Jim Mitchell ⓘ John Holmes ⓘ Linda Lovelace ⓘ Marilyn Chambers ⓘ Radley Metzger ⓘ |
| hasNotableWork |
Behind the Green Door
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Debbie Does Dallas ⓘ Deep Throat ⓘ Emmanuelle ⓘ The Devil in Miss Jones ⓘ Last Tango in Paris ⓘ
surface form:
The Last Tango in Paris
The Opening of Misty Beethoven ⓘ The Story of O ⓘ |
| influenced |
depictions of sexuality in mainstream cinema
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later adult video industry ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
loosening of obscenity laws in the 1960s
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sexual revolution ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of cinema
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history of pornography ⓘ |
| startTime | late 1960s ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Deep Throat (film)