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Title: The Blight of Indecency: Antiporn Politics and the Urban Crisis in Early 1970s Detroit

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2018

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DOI: 10.7560/JHS27304

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Abstract: Late in the summer of 1972, the adult world bookstore opened its doors in the neighborhood of Redford, a residential community located in northwest Detroit. The bookstore - and the pornographic material it housed - quickly caught the attention of Pastor James O. Banks of the Redford Presbyterian Church, who on September 17 used his weekly sermon to discuss the Adult World. In his remarks the pastor condemned the bookstore, bemoaning what its opening symbolized both for the Redford neighborhood and more broadly for Christian values. He sought to draw distinctions . . .

Url: https://www.utexaspressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.7560/JHS27304

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Authors: Strassfeld, Ben

Periodical (Full): Journal of the History of Sexuality

Issue: 3

Volume: 27

Pages: 420-441

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