Cover; CRUISING THE LIBRARY; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction: A Book Is Being Cataloged; 1. Naming Subjects: "Paraphilias"; 2. Labeling Obscenity: The Delta Collection; 3. Mapping Perversion: HQ71, etc.; 4. Aberrations in the Catalog; 5. The Trouble with Access / Toward Reparative Taxonomies; Epilogue: Sadomasochism in the Library; Acknowledgments; Notes; General Index; Index to Library of Congress Subject Headings; Index to Library of Congress Classifications.
Summary
Cruising the Library examines the ways in which library classifications have organized sexuality and sexual perversion. The author studies the Library of Congress Subject Headings and Classification, as well as the Library of Congress's Delta Collection, a restricted collection of obscenity until 1964.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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