The Philosophy of Pornography Contemporary Perspectives by Edited by Lindsay Coleman & Edited by Jacob M Held
Brand: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
Product Description
For many individuals pornography is a troubling and problematic issue. Regardless of how the public views this topic one thing is clear Pornography is as prevalent and accessible as smartphones and laptop computers. Indeed beyond traditional hardcore material a pornographic sensibility permeates many aspects of culturefrom tween and young teen fashions to television and commercially successful films. In fact pornography is so widespread that more often than not it is taken as a given in our modern social space. However the thought of engaging in intellectual discussions about the topic strikes manyparticularly scholarsas beneath them. And yet something this impactful this definitive of modern culture needs to be laid open to scrutiny. In The Philosophy of Pornography Contemporary Perspectives Lindsay Coleman and Jacob M. Held offer a collection of essays covering a wide range of viewpointsfrom issues of free speech and porns role in discrimination to the impact of porn on sexuality. These essays investigate the philosophical implications of pornography as a part of how we now seek to conceive and express our sexuality in contemporary life. Contributors to this volume discuss opornography as a component of gender and sexual socialization oecological understandings of sexually explicit media osubordination sexualization and speech ofeminism and pornography opornographys depiction of love and friendship oblack women and pornography oplayfulness and creativity in porn Because its subject mattersex gender interpersonal relationships and even loveis reflective of who we are and what kind of society we want to create pornography demands serious treatment. So whether one chooses to accept pornography as a fact of modern culture or not this collection of timely essays represents a variety of voices in the ongoing debate. As such The Philosophy of Pornography will be of interest to not only those who are engaged in porn studies but also to an audience educated in and conversant with recent trends in philosophy. show more
Condition : New
Author : Edited By Lindsay Coleman Edited By Jacob M Held
Weight : 692
Publisher : ROWMAN ampamp LITTLEFIELD
Language : English
EAN : 9781442235960
ISBN10 : 1442235969
Format : Hardback
Date of Publication : 20140911
Place of Publication : Lanham MD United States
Pagination : 302
Dimensions : 161 X 235 X 26mm