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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.
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.
Drawing on interviews with leading industry sources and containing
discussion of over 200 documentaries, Australian Documentary:
History, Practices and Genres brings to life over a century of
documentary making and connects it to international debates in
criticism, theory and history. Documentary is the oldest continuous
form of screen production in Australia, and today plays a pivotal
part in our creative industries. This incisive book covers the
development of documentary in Australia from the early days of
cinema to the coming of television and to the digital environment.
Addressing the issues facing today's documentary makers, the
authors explore the role of the documentary in shaping the nation
and forming the 'imagined community'.
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