In Harm’s Way - The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings

This volume contains the oral testimony of victims of pornography, recorded at hearings on a groundbreaking civil rights law drafted by Andrea Dworkin and Catharine MacKinnon. From the first hearings in Minneapolis in 1983 to those in Massachusetts in 1992, the witnesses offer their personal experiences of sexual subordination due to pornography.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introductions The Roar on the Other Side of Silence by Catharine A. MacKinnon Suffering and Speech by Andrea Dworkin The Hearings The Minneapolis Hearings Minneapolis: Exhibits Minneapolis: Memo on Proposed Ordinance Minneapolis: Press Conference The Indianapolis Hearing Indianapolis: Appendices The Los Angeles Hearing The Massachusetts Hearing Massachusetts: Written Submissions The Ordinances Appendix: American Booksellers Ass'n. Inc. v. Hudnut Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Catharine A. MacKinnon is Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School and the James Barr Ames Visiting Professor of Law (Long-Term) at Harvard Law School.Andrea Dworkin, internationally renowned radical feminist activist, was the author of many books, including the collection of essays Life and Death and the novel Mercy.

Zusammenfassung

This volume contains the oral testimony of victims of pornography, recorded at hearings on a groundbreaking civil rights law drafted by Andrea Dworkin and Catharine MacKinnon. From the first hearings in Minneapolis in 1983 to those in Massachusetts in 1992, the witnesses offer their personal experiences of sexual subordination due to pornography.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Andrea Dworkin, Catharine A. Mackinnon
• Mitarbeit: Andrea Dworkin (Herausgeber), Dworkin Andrea (Herausgeber), Catharine A. Mackinnon (Herausgeber), MacKinnon Catharine A. (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: University Presses
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.02.1998
• EAN: 9780674445796
• ISBN: 978-0-674-44579-6
• Gewicht: 635 g
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Ratgeber > Recht, Beruf, Finanzen > Familienrecht; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Internationales Recht, Ausländisches Recht; USA, Law, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, United States of America, USA, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Human rights, civil rights, Ethical issues and debates, Ethical Issues: Pornography & Obscenity, Freedom Of Information & Freedom Of Speech, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality