The Swedish Porn Scene

Mariah Larsson is senior lecturer in film studies at Linnaeus University in Sweden. She has previously taught sexology at Malmö University and cinema studies at Stockholm University.

‘This careful analysis will have significantresonance across the western world. It also provides a much needed historical background to recent and likely future changes in Swedish policy around commercial sex.’Emeritus Professor Jill Matthews,Australian National University

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction Chapter 1: Sexually explicit films and the welfare state(s)Chapter 2: Mapping the genre: The boundaries of pornographyChapter 3: Constructions of sexual space: The case of MalmöChapter 4: Exhibition venues in MalmöChapter 5: Size does matter: The substandard pornographic films of the 1970sChapter 6: A regional, national and transnational cinema?Conclusion: The porn scene in Sweden, 1971–1976