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Title:
The philosophy of pornography : contemporary perspectives / edited by Lindsay Coleman, Jacob M. Held.
Author:
Coleman, Lindsay, 1978-

Held, Jacob M., 1977-
Publication Information:
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
Call Number:
HQ471 .P46 2014
Abstract:
"In The Philosophy of Pornography: Contemporary Perspectives, Lindsay Coleman and Jacob M. Held offer a collection of essays covering a wide range of viewpoints--from issues of free speech and porn's role in discrimination to the impact of porn on sexuality. These essays investigate the philosophical implications of pornography as a part of how we now seek to conceive and express our sexuality in contemporary life."--page [4] of cover.
ISBN:
9781442235960
Physical Description:
xvi, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Diagnoses of transformation: pornification, digital media, and the diversification of the pornographic / Pornography makes the man: the impact of pornography as a component of gender and sexual socialization / Truth claims about porn: when dogma and data collide / Pornographic and pornified: feminist and ecological understandings of sexually explicit media / The problem with the problem of pornography: subordination, sexualization, and speech / The price we pay?: pornography and harm / Heidegger, feminism, and pornography / Pornography and "speech" / Pornography and the philosophy of language / Porn, sex, and liberty: a dialogue / The gentle side of pornography: a contemporary examination of pornography's depiction of love and friendship / Undisciplining pornography studies / Sisters are doin' it for themselves: black women and the new pornography / Utopic futures of the "Other": Pornography and the creative imaginary / In the arms of the angel: playfulness, creativity and porn's possibilities
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