A HISTORY OF PORNOGRAPHY IN BRITAIN, 1954-1993: 
industries, markets, audiences.



CONTENTS


List of tables

Acknowledgements

Introduction and literature review

Definitions of pornography



CHAPTER 1: AN OVERVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN PORNOGRAPHY INDUSTRY, 1954-78

i)    Softcore magazines 1954-66
ii)   The Obscene Publications Acts (1959) (1964)
iii)  British hardcore material
iv)   Softcore magazines 1967-78



CHAPTER 2: ALL CHANGE? - PORNOGRAPHY AT THE END OF THE 1970'S

i)    Softcore magazines
ii)   Changing mediums and production methods
iii)  The enforcement of the law/new official policies
iv)   The political climate changes
v)    Christian fundamentalists
vi)   The women's movement
vii)  Conclusion



CHAPTER 3: THE PORNOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN SINCE 1979-80

Section A: Legal softcore magazines available in newsagents

i)     Number and extent
ii)    Distribution patterns among newsagents
iii)   Sales figures
iv)    Readership figures
v)     Ownership
vi)    Profitability
vii)   Advertising
viii)  The regulation of content
ix)    Specialist minority magazines

Section B: The illegal hardcore magazine market



CHAPTER 4: VIDEOS AND FILMS SINCE 1979-80

CHAPTER 5: SEX-SHOPS AND MAIL-ORDER

CHAPTER 6: THE CONTENTS OF PORNOGRAPHY

CHAPTER 7: NEW MEDIUMS
 
CHAPTER 8: THE AUDIENCE

CHAPTER 9: MODELS AND ACTORS

CHAPTER 10: PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY

CHAPTER 11: CONCLUSIONS



APPENDIX  A:   Literature Review
          B:   Address list

BIBLIOGRAPHY



LIST OF TABLES

Table 1 - First publication dates of the main British 
legal soft porn magazines, 1954-80.

Table 2 - Breakdown by type or category of monthly/
bi-monthly/quarterly 'adult magazines' listed in 
'What Magazine?' April 1991.

Table 3 - Sales figures for established best-sellers 
in the magazine market.

Tables 4 (a to e) -  Ownership patterns of legally 
available softcore magazines in Britain, 1992.

Table 5 - Market share by publisher, early 1990s.