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Informationen zum Autor Lindsay Coleman is an academic and independent film producer based in Melbourne, Australia. Jacob M. Held is associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Central Arkansas. He is the editor of Dr. Seuss and Philosophy (2011) and Roald Dahl and Philosophy (2014), both published by Rowman & Littlefield. Klappentext Even as it skirts mainstream contemporary culture, pornography remains a social taboo; there still exist strong biases both in favor and against it. With chapters addressing imagination, gender, power relationships, truth claims, aesthetics, and both pro and anti-porn slants, this book presents a balanced view of pornography in modern society. Zusammenfassung Even as it skirts mainstream contemporary culture! pornography remains a social taboo; there still exist strong biases both in favor and against it. With chapters addressing imagination! gender! power relationships! truth claims! aesthetics! and both pro and anti-porn slants! this book presents a balanced view of pornography in modern society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Pornification, Sexualization, and SocietyChapter 1: Diagnoses of Transformation: "Pornification," Digital Media, and the Diversification of the Pornographic Susanna PaasonenChapter 2: Pornography Makes the Man: The Impact of Pornography as a Component of Gender and Sexual Socialization Matthew B. Ezzell Chapter 3: Truth Claims about Porn: When Dogma and Data Collide Shira TarrantChapter 4: Pornographic and Pornified: Feminist and Ecological Understandings of Sexually Explicit Media Robert JensenThe Politics of Pornography Chapter 5: The Problem with the Problem of Pornography: Subordination, Sexualization, and Speech Jacob M. HeldChapter 6: "The Price We Pay"? Pornography and Harm Susan J. BrisonChapter 7: Heidegger, Feminism, and Pornography Natalie NenadicPornography and SpeechChapter 8: Pornography and 'Speech' Jennifer HornsbyChapter 9: Pornography and the Philosophy of Language Louise AntonyThe Value of Pornography Chapter 10: Porn, Sex, and Liberty: A Dialogue Nina Hartley and Jacob M. HeldChapter 11: The Gentle Side of Pornography: A Contemporary Examination of Pornography's Depiction of Love and FriendshipLindsay ColemanChapter 12: Undisciplining Pornography Studies Katrien JacobsThe Possibilities of Pornography Chapter 13: Sisters are Doin' It for Themselves: Black Women and the New Pornography Ariane CruzChapter 14: Utopic Futures of the 'Other': Pornography and the Creative Imaginary Taine DuncanChapter 15: In the Arms of the Angel: Playfulness, Creativity and Porn's Possibilities Joy Simmons BradleyIndexAbout the Editors and Contributors...
