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This book presents thought-provoking research and data about pornography that will prompt readers to reconsider their positions on a highly controversial and current issue.
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 encourage 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.
New Views on Pornography: Sexuality, Politics, and the Law challenges assumptions about this popular yet controversial industry. Contributors include top scholars from media studies, sociology, psychology, gender studies, criminology, politics, and the law. This book provides a comprehensive overview of pornography that will help students, educators, and general readers deepen their understanding of this provocative subject.
List of contents
Section I: Foundations and Controversies
Introduction
1. Pornography and the First Amendment Right to Free Speech
Kimberly A. Harchuck
2. Seen as a Business: Adult Film's Historical Framework and Foundations
Kevin Heffernan
3. Clashing at Barnard's Gates: Understanding the Origins of the Pornography Problem in the Modern American Women's Movement
Carolyn Bronstein
4. Antiporn Agendas: Feminism, Internet Filtering, and Religious Strategies
Christopher Boulton
5. Strange Bedfellows: Black Feminism and Antipornography Feminism
Jennifer C. Nash
6. Porn Again Christian? Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill Church, and the Pornification of the Pulpit
Jessica Johnson
7. Queer Smut, Queer Rights
Whitney Strub
8. Steamy, Hot, and Political: Creating Radical Dyke Porn
Shar Rednour and Jackie Strano
9. Good Vibrations, Women, and Porn: A History
Carol Queen
10. Trade Associations, Industry Legitimacy, and Corporate Responsibility in Pornography
Georgina Voss
11. When Species Meat: Confronting Bestiality Pornography
Margret Grebowicz
12. Responding to Revenge Porn: Challenges to Online Legal Impunity
Michael Salter and Thomas Crofts
Section II: Cultural Issues and Effects
13. Interpreting the Data: Assessing Competing Claims in Pornography Research
Ronald Weitzer
14. Why Do People Watch Porn? Results from PornResearch.Org
Clarissa Smith, Martin Barker, and Feona Attwood
15. Pornography and Effects Studies: What Does the Research Actually Say?
Andy Ruddock
16. "She's Totally Faking It!": The Politics of Authentic Female Pleasure in Pornography
Emily E. Crutcher
17. Lust, Love, and Life: A Qualitative Study of Swedish Adolescents' Perceptions and Experiences with Pornography
Lotta Löfgren-Mårtenson and Sven-Axel Månsson
18. Race and the Politics of Agency in Porn: A Conversation with Black BBW Performer Betty Blac
Mireille Miller-Young
19. Positively Fat and Queer: An Interview with Indie Porn Insider Courtney Trouble
Lynn Comella
20. Bare-ing Witness: Bareback Porn and the Ethics of Watching
Gregory Storms
21. Ambient XXX: Pornography in Public Spaces
Ryan Bowles Eagle
22. Pornography and Pedagogy: Teaching Media Literacy
Shira Tarrant
23. The Science and Politics of Sex Addiction Research
Nicole Prause and Timothy Fong
About the Editors and Contributors
Index
About the author
Lynn Comella, PhD, is associate professor of gender and sexuality studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Shira Tarrant, PhD, is associate professor of women's, gender, and sexuality studies at California State University, Long Beach.
Summary
This book presents thought-provoking research and data about pornography that will prompt readers to reconsider their positions on a highly controversial and current issue.
