This collection of essays seeks to expand the parameters of the debate on pornography. In an effort to move away from the divisive frameworks of which side are you on? and who counts as women worthy to be listened to? in feminist debates on pornography, this volume seeks to understand what pornography means to those who consume it, fight against it, work within it, and to those engaged in changing its meaning. By opening up a space for divergent points of view to address the complexity of sexual material, this volume seeks to forge solidarity amongst a diverse array of constituencies, including academics, activists, and sex workers from diverse socio-political contexts. Through seeking to address the relationship between imperialism, the exotic, and the pornographic, the collection moves away from Eurocentric perspectives on pornography, by including the perspectives of women involved in struggles for national liberation in the South. This volume explores a wide range of issues, such as, how the meaning of pornography is shaped by changing historical and political realities; the role law should play, if any, in the sex industry; whether union organizing can change the working conditions in the sex industry; kinds of representational politics available for redefining pornography; and how sexually explicity literature, videos, art, and music can serve the purpose of sexual freedom. Contributors to the volume include Diana Russell, Catharine MacKinnon, Andrea Dworkin, Wendy Brown, Becki Ross, Mallek Alloula, M. Jacqui Alexander, Victoria Ortiz, bell hooks, Rey Chow, Judith Butler, Candida Royalle, Zoraida Ramirez Rodriguez, amongst others.
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This collection of essays seeks to expand the parameters of the debate on pornography. In an effort to move away from a divisive framework, the book explores what pornography means to those who consume it, fight against it, work within it, and to those engaged in changing its meaning.
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ANTI-PORNOGRAPHY FEMINISM ; QUESTIONING MORALISM ; A HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF SEXUALITY, IMPERIALISM AND MODERNITY ; BREAKING OPEN THE GROUND OF SEX AND GENDER ; EROTIC HOPE, FEMININE SEXUALITY AND THE BEGINNINGS OF SEXUAL FREEDOM
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Part of Oxford Readings in Feminism series Interdisciplinary: of interest to students of feminism, politics, cultural studies, womens studies, and sociology as well as post-colonial and American studies Controversial and debatable subject International rather than Eurocentric perspective Diverse perspectives contributions come from academics, activists, and sex workers Contributors to the volume include well know authors such as Andrea Dworkin, Catharine MacKinnon, Candida Royalle, Audre Lorde, Alice Walker, and bell hooks amongst others
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Professor of Law, Political Science, and Women's Studies at Rutgers University
Part of Oxford Readings in Feminism series Interdisciplinary: of interest to students of feminism, politics, cultural studies, womens studies, and sociology as well as post-colonial and American studies Controversial and debatable subject International rather than Eurocentric perspective Diverse perspectives contributions come from academics, activists, and sex workers Contributors to the volume include well know authors such as Andrea Dworkin, Catharine MacKinnon, Candida Royalle, Audre Lorde, Alice Walker, and bell hooks amongst others
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198782506
Publisert
2000
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
901 gr
Høyde
218 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Dybde
35 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
688

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Biographical note

Professor of Law, Political Science, and Women's Studies at Rutgers University