Pornography: Structures, Agency and Performance

Rebecca Sullivan,Alan McKee

ISBN 10: 0745651941 / ISBN 13: 9780745651941

Published by Polity Press October 2015, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pornography: Structures, Agency and Performance
• Publisher: Polity Press October 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0745651941
• ISBN 13: 9780745651941
• Binding: Paper Back
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Social Sciences

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Synopsis

Written for a broad audience and grounded in cutting-edge, contemporary scholarship, this volume addresses some of the key questions asked about pornography today. What is it? For whom is it produced? What sorts of sexualities does it help produce? Why should we study it, and what should be the most urgent issues when we do? What does it mean when we talk about pornography as violence? What could it mean if we discussed pornography through frameworks of consent, self-determination and performance?

This book places the arguments from conservative and radical anti-porn activists against the challenges coming from a new generation of feminist and queer porn performers and educators. Combining sensitive and detailed discussion of case studies with careful attention to the voices of those working in pornography, it provides scholars, activists and those hoping to find new ways of understanding sexuality with the first overview of the histories and futures of pornography.

About the Author

Rebecca Sullivan is Professor at the University of Calgary
Alan McKee is Professor at the University of Technology Sydney