Humanitarianism and the Pornography of Pain in Anglo-American Culture

Once pain had been redefined as unacceptable in the 18th century, it came to be understood as obscene. Thus, sexual pornography, murder literature and other literature forms began to treat the topic of pain as prurient.

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Capital punishment
Corporal punishment
Cruelty
Culture
Ethics
Fear
History
History of medicine
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Humanity
Humans
Minorities
Morals
Pain
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Pornography
Pornography & obscenity
Prisons
Publishing - history
Sentimentality
Sexual Behavior - history
Social Welfare - history
Spectacle
Sympathy
Torture
U.S.A
United Kingdom
United States
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