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209
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English
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Ebooks
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1993
Description
Many feminists would say that this widely publicised version of feminism is itself sexist, and that the increasingly vocal anti-pornography campaigns are founded on theoretical dead-ends that have allowed feminists to deviate drastically from the basic goals of women's liberation.
Bad Girls & Dirty Pictures puts these anti-sex, anti-porn arguments under the microscope of a more thorough and considered feminist analysis. It examines the flaws in the research that purports to prove the harm of pornography and warns against the continuing use of censorship by politicians and the moral right, as well as exposing the dangers of anti-porn feminist arguments.
Contributions from a wide range of women, including sex workers and academics, remind us that pornography does not have a special place in our oppression, and that censorship must still be seen as dangerous enemy of women. Bad Girls & Dirty Pictures is a much-needed antidote to falsehoods, shabby thinking, and patronising sexism that have fuelled anti-pornography campaigns and misled the women's movement.
Preface
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Misguided, Dangerous and Wrong: an analysis of Anti-Pornography Politics - Gayle Rubin
2. The Primarolo Bill
3. The First Amendment
4. Changing Perceptions in the Feminist Debate - Avedon Carol and Nettie Pollard
5. Mystery and Imagination: the Case of Pornography Effects Studies - Alison King
6. Essentially Sex: a New Look - Alison Assister
7. The Small Matter of Children - Nettie Pollard
8. Sex On My Mind - Tuppy Owens
9.Snuff: Believing the Worst - Avedon Carol
10. Fear of Pornography - Claudia
11. The Anti-sexism Campaign Invites you to Fight Sexism, not Sex - Christobel MacKenzie
12. The Wages of Anti-Censorship Campaigning - Feminists Against Censorship
Conclusion
Notes and References
Recommended Reading
Index
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Publié par
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Date de parution
20 mai 1993
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EAN13
9780745352787
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Langue
English
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Poids de l'ouvrage
523 Mo