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 law-and-moral-regulation-in-the-early-1980s-alberta/
SUMMARY:Sex Salon - Sex\, Sin\, and Cinema: Obscenity Law and Moral Regulat
 ion in the Early 1980s Alberta
DESCRIPTION:\n\nThis talk examines the history of Canadian obscenity law th
 rough key legal cases in Alberta\, focusing on the 1980 trial of "Dracula 
 Sucks" in Edmonton in "Towne Cinema Theatres\, Ltd. v. The Queen" (1985) a
 nd the 1981 trials of "Caligula" in Edmonton and Calgary. Despite provinci
 al approval of these films\, federal obscenity charges were pursued\, sett
 ing legal precedent until "R. v. Butler" (1992). These cases highlight ten
 sions between civil libertarianism\, moral conservatism\, and feminist leg
 al discourse on pornography\, revealing Alberta’s underexplored role in 
 shaping the national arc of obscenity law. Indeed\, the "Towne Cinema" and
  "Caligula" trials dramatized jurisdictional conflicts between local and n
 ational governance in a province divided over moral regulation and civil r
 ights. While "Butler" built on earlier rulings like "Towne Cinema" to limi
 t harmful pornography\, it disproportionately targeted queer representatio
 ns. Using "Dracula Sucks" as a case study\, this paper traces its censorsh
 ip\, both locally and globally\, and examines how Alberta’s legal battle
 s influenced the broader trajectory of Canadian obscenity law.
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