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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN-13
9780198782506
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95302248
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Gender Issues, Physical Education
Author
Drucilla Cornell
Publication Name
Feminism and Pornography
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
688 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
218mm
Item Width
138mm
Item Weight
901g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Oxford Readings in Feminism
Editor
Drucilla Cornell
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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