New views on pornography : sexuality, politics, and the law /
Lynn Comella and Shira Tarrant, editors.
- vii, 465 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foundations and Controversies -- Introduction -- Pornography and the First Amendment right to free speech / Seen as a business : adult film's historical framework and foundations / Clashing at Barnard's gates : understanding the origins of the pornography problem in the modern American women's movement / Antiporn agendas : feminism, Internet filtering, and religious strategies / Strange bedfellows : Black feminism and antipornography feminism / Porn again Christian? Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill Church, and the pornification of the pulpit / Kimberly A. Harchuck -- Kevin Heffernan -- Carolyn Bronstein -- Christopher Boulton -- Jennifer C. Nash -- Jessica Johnson -- Section I. Queer smut, queer rights / Steamy, hot, and political : creating radical dyke porn / Good vibrations, women, and porn : a history / Trade associations, industry legitimacy, and corporate responsibility in pornography / When species meat : confronting bestiality pornography / Responding to revenge porn : challenges to online legal impunity / Cultural Issues and Effects -- Interpreting the data : assessing competing claims in pornography research / Why do people watch porn? Results from PornResearch.Org / Pornography and effects studies : what does the research actually say? / Whitney Strub -- Shar Rednour and Jackie Strano -- Carol Queen -- Georgina Voss -- Margret Grebowicz -- Michael Salter and Thomas Crofts -- Ronald Weitzer -- Clarissa Smith, Martin Barker, and Feona Attwood -- Andy Ruddock -- Section II. "She's totally faking it!" : the politics of authentic female pleasure in pornography / Lust, love, and life : a qualitative study of Swedish adolescents' perceptions and experiences with pornography / Race and the politics of agency in porn : a conversation with Black BBW performer Betty Blac / Positively fat and queer : an interview with indie porn insider Courtney Trouble / Bare-ing witness : bareback porn and the ethics of watching / Ambient XXX : pornography in public spaces / Pornography and pedagogy : teaching media literacy / The science and politics of sex addiction research / Emily E. Crutcher -- Lotta L�ofgren-M�artenson and Sven-Axel M�ansson -- Mireille Miller-Young -- Lynn Comella -- Gregory Storms -- Ryan Bowles Eagle -- Shira Tarrant -- 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.