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		<title>Erotica in Religion &amp; Spirituality</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Especially from the traditional Western perspective, Erotica in Religion &#038; Spirituality would seem to be a contradiction.  In Christianity, the erotic is identified with the base, carnal, and profane; while the spiritual is thought to be devoid of sexuality.  Upon deeper examination, however, it becomes evident that sex is at the very core [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Erotic Performance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Erotic performance has ancient historical and mythological roots, from the striptease of Ame-no-Uzume which lured the sun goddess from her cave in Japanese legend, to Salome&#8217;s famed dance of the seven veils.  Attendees of the 1893 World&#8217;s Columbian Exposition in Chicago were both shocked and delighted when Little Egypt introduced the sensuous &#8220;belly dance&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Erotica in Law &amp; Politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This section complements the section on Erotica in Popular Culture, for although the prominence of erotica is well-established in modern society, it remains subject to continued legal wrangling and controversy. In the United States, puritan heritage clashes with capitalist drive in the highly popular and profitable arena of erotic arts and entertainment. Local, state, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Erotica in Popular Culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In spite of governmental efforts to control it, erotica enjoys a prominent place in popular culture.  Hardcore adult entertainment is becoming less and less marginalized as porn becomes increasingly visible in society due to its widespread popularity.  Mainstream bookstores like Borders and Barnes &#38; Noble have large sections devoted to erotic literature and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Erotic Film and Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pervasive demand for erotic entertainment has always fueled the development and adoption of new visual media, from Thomas Edison&#8217;s Kinetoscope to VHS, DVD, and the Internet.  All of these technologies owe much of their early success to erotic subjects.  Consider:

The first motion pictures, featuring scantily-clad dancers and the infamous May Irwin Kiss, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Erotic Photography</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nude and the erotic have been subjects of photography since its inception. The inventor of the daguerreotype, Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, produced the first photographic image of a female nude in 1839. Since then, erotic themes have taken root in photography as one of the most popular and enduring modes of artistic expression. This section is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Erotic Magazines</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before the development of home video and the Internet, the most popular medium for the dissemination of erotica to the public was the &#8220;adult&#8221; or &#8220;men&#8217;s&#8221; magazine. Due to the significant role played by magazines in the evolution of mass-market erotica and related cultural trends, we have dedicated this section of the site to focus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Erotic Literature</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Humanity has a rich tradition of erotic literature that dates back thousands of years, from the earliest recorded hymns of ancient Sumeria to a myriad of modern offerings available today. This section focuses on erotic expression through the medium of the written word.

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		<title>Erotic Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The term &#34;erotic art&#34; encompasses a wide range of subjects and modes of expression. Broadly speaking, erotic art includes traditional pictorial and tangible representations as well as literature, photography, film and video; however, given the distinctive characteristics of the latter, they have each been given separate sections of their own. This section focuses on works [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Erotic World</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erocon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Erotica has existed ever since mankind began creating works of artistic representation. Numerous depictions of sexual subjects have been found in cave drawings, carvings, and figurines from a wide range of prehistoric cultures. Erotic themes in painting, sculpture, literature, and performance have flourished around the world ever since. This trend has continued unabated in modern [...]]]></description>
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