Susan Sontag: “On Classical Pornography“

Literary icon Susan Sontag gives a lecture on pornography at 92nd Street Y on November 2, 1964. Sontag discusses the differences between how elicit materials are perceived around the world at a time in America when pornography was referred to as “smut.“ She delves into the themes of pornography, examining the characters and how they reflect society’s interpretations of gender.