Somehow, erotica connotes more "class" than pornography. But in my opinion they're really the same. Here is what the dictionary says:Erotica: Literature or art intended to arouse sexual desire.Pornography: 1. Sexually explicit pictures, writing, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal. 2. The presentation or production of this material. 3. Lurid or sensational material: “Recent novels about the Holocaust have kept Hitler well offstage [so as] to avoid the... pornography of the era� (Morris Dickstein).
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