On Pornography - Literature, Sexuality and Obscenity Law (Hardcover)

The policing of pornography remains the subject of widespread and ongoing controversy. This book provides a history of this policing which is geared towards understanding the current debate. The authors demonstrate that obscenity law cannot be understood negatively as censorship and must instead be seen as part of the positive administration of a particular practice of sexuality. They also argue that pornography itself should be described negatively as a mere representation of real sex but positively as a real practice of sex using representations. This history indicates that obscenity law is not, as liberals claim, a mistaken attempt to police moral ideas, but rather forms part of the legitimate governmental regulation of a problematic social conduct. At the same time it asks whether feminists might not be mistaken in attributing this conduct to the nature of the male imagination.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Language, Discourse, Society
Release date:	November 1992
First published:	1993
Authors:	David Saunders • Dugald Williamson
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	290
ISBN-13:	978-0-333-39895-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Sexual behaviour Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Criminal law Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Ethical issues & debates > General
LSN:	0-333-39895-5
Barcode:	9780333398951

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