New views on pornography : sexuality, politics, and the law / Lynn Comella and Shira Tarrant, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2015]Description: vii, 465 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781440828058 (print : alk. paper)
  • 1440828059 (print : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ 472 .U6 N485 2015
Contents:
Section I. Foundations and Controversies -- Introduction -- Pornography and the First Amendment right to free speech / Kimberly A. Harchuck -- Seen as a business : adult film's historical framework and foundations / Kevin Heffernan -- Clashing at Barnard's gates : understanding the origins of the pornography problem in the modern American women's movement / Carolyn Bronstein -- Antiporn agendas : feminism, Internet filtering, and religious strategies / Christopher Boulton -- Strange bedfellows : Black feminism and antipornography feminism / Jennifer C. Nash -- Porn again Christian? Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill Church, and the pornification of the pulpit / Jessica Johnson --
Queer smut, queer rights / Whitney Strub -- Steamy, hot, and political : creating radical dyke porn / Shar Rednour and Jackie Strano -- Good vibrations, women, and porn : a history / Carol Queen -- Trade associations, industry legitimacy, and corporate responsibility in pornography / Georgina Voss -- When species meat : confronting bestiality pornography / Margret Grebowicz -- Responding to revenge porn : challenges to online legal impunity / Michael Salter and Thomas Crofts -- Section II. Cultural Issues and Effects -- Interpreting the data : assessing competing claims in pornography research / Ronald Weitzer -- Why do people watch porn? Results from PornResearch.Org / Clarissa Smith, Martin Barker, and Feona Attwood -- Pornography and effects studies : what does the research actually say? / Andy Ruddock --
"She's totally faking it!" : the politics of authentic female pleasure in pornography / Emily E. Crutcher -- Lust, love, and life : a qualitative study of Swedish adolescents' perceptions and experiences with pornography / Lotta L�ofgren-M�artenson and Sven-Axel M�ansson -- Race and the politics of agency in porn : a conversation with Black BBW performer Betty Blac / Mireille Miller-Young -- Positively fat and queer : an interview with indie porn insider Courtney Trouble / Lynn Comella -- Bare-ing witness : bareback porn and the ethics of watching / Gregory Storms -- Ambient XXX : pornography in public spaces / Ryan Bowles Eagle -- Pornography and pedagogy : teaching media literacy / Shira Tarrant -- The science and politics of sex addiction research / Nicole Prause and Timothy Fong.
Summary: Why do people use pornography? Is porn addiction a fact or myth? What is revenge porn and is it illegal? Can pornography be more diverse? This interdisciplinary collection presents well-researched facts and up-to-date data that encourages informed discussion about controversial and relevant issues in contemporary society. Chapters address topics such as the history and cultural trends of pornography, labor and production practices in creating porn, the effects of technology, current issues in obscenity law, and myths and facts about the effects of pornography.--From dust jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section I. Foundations and Controversies -- Introduction -- Pornography and the First Amendment right to free speech / Kimberly A. Harchuck -- Seen as a business : adult film's historical framework and foundations / Kevin Heffernan -- Clashing at Barnard's gates : understanding the origins of the pornography problem in the modern American women's movement / Carolyn Bronstein -- Antiporn agendas : feminism, Internet filtering, and religious strategies / Christopher Boulton -- Strange bedfellows : Black feminism and antipornography feminism / Jennifer C. Nash -- Porn again Christian? Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill Church, and the pornification of the pulpit / Jessica Johnson --

Queer smut, queer rights / Whitney Strub -- Steamy, hot, and political : creating radical dyke porn / Shar Rednour and Jackie Strano -- Good vibrations, women, and porn : a history / Carol Queen -- Trade associations, industry legitimacy, and corporate responsibility in pornography / Georgina Voss -- When species meat : confronting bestiality pornography / Margret Grebowicz -- Responding to revenge porn : challenges to online legal impunity / Michael Salter and Thomas Crofts -- Section II. Cultural Issues and Effects -- Interpreting the data : assessing competing claims in pornography research / Ronald Weitzer -- Why do people watch porn? Results from PornResearch.Org / Clarissa Smith, Martin Barker, and Feona Attwood -- Pornography and effects studies : what does the research actually say? / Andy Ruddock --

"She's totally faking it!" : the politics of authentic female pleasure in pornography / Emily E. Crutcher -- Lust, love, and life : a qualitative study of Swedish adolescents' perceptions and experiences with pornography / Lotta L�ofgren-M�artenson and Sven-Axel M�ansson -- Race and the politics of agency in porn : a conversation with Black BBW performer Betty Blac / Mireille Miller-Young -- Positively fat and queer : an interview with indie porn insider Courtney Trouble / Lynn Comella -- Bare-ing witness : bareback porn and the ethics of watching / Gregory Storms -- Ambient XXX : pornography in public spaces / Ryan Bowles Eagle -- Pornography and pedagogy : teaching media literacy / Shira Tarrant -- The science and politics of sex addiction research / Nicole Prause and Timothy Fong.

Why do people use pornography? Is porn addiction a fact or myth? What is revenge porn and is it illegal? Can pornography be more diverse? This interdisciplinary collection presents well-researched facts and up-to-date data that encourages informed discussion about controversial and relevant issues in contemporary society. Chapters address topics such as the history and cultural trends of pornography, labor and production practices in creating porn, the effects of technology, current issues in obscenity law, and myths and facts about the effects of pornography.--From dust jacket.

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