Pornography

Frank Jacob

Pornography can tell us many things about a society, when it is seriously considered as a topic for scientific research. The present volume offers interdisciplinary perspectives on the subject and shows how pornography can be studied and what we can learn from such studies, e.g., about the construction of gender roles and their representation in pornographic media. Specialists from different fields provide insight into their approach towards the scientific study of pornography and thereby highlight that serious research on pornographic content from different time periods offers valuable findings about older and modern societies alike.

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1. Introduction: What Pornography Can Tell Us About Society and Why It Should Be Studied (Frank Jacob)
Section I: Art or Pornography?
- 2. Porne, graphein and Greek Stereotypes of the Macedonians (Sabine Müller)
- 3. Sex and the Sculpture: Sexual Desire for Inanimate in Greek Art (Jorge Tomás García)
- 4. Cross-contaminated Bodies: Constructing Obscenity in the Public Imaginary (Lauren S. Weingarden)
Section II: Stereotypes and Fetishes
- 5. The “Mommy” Shot: Childbirth Porn and the Legitimation of Sexual Pleasure (Alexis Carreiro)
- 6. “California Summer” in Europe: The Perception of US Gay Pornography in the 1970s-1980s (Martin Pozsgai)
- 7. Kinky Ink or Feminist Liberation? Tattooed Female Bodies and the Porn Industry (Frank Jacob)
- 8. Naziploitation: The Enduring Pornographic Fetish (Charlotte Mears)
Section III: Legal, Political, and Social Aspects of Pornography
- 9. The Politics of Pornography and the Pornography of Politics (Dafna Rachok)
- 10. Where Porndom Meets Stardom (Bruno Surace)
- 11. Child Pornography in the Digital Age: A Conceptual Muddle (Claire Benn)
- 12. “What Kind of a Library Are You Running?” Pornography and the Librarian (Richard Espley / Laurence Byrne / Leila Kassir / Andrea Meyer Ludowisy)
Section IV: Domination, Liberation, and Exploitation
- 13. Sex and/as Liberation: (Porno)Graphic Lesbian Love in Blue Is the Warmest Color (Tatiana Prorokova)
- 14. Rape Myths in Internet- Based MSM Pornography: Men Who Are With Men Are Still Men (Gene Kelly)
- 15. Czech Hunter: Dominance and Racism in the Urban Jungle (Ami Pomerants)
16. Contributors
17. Index

Pages:

384

Year:

2019

ISBN (HARDBACK):

9783631792636 (Active)

ISBN (EPUB):

9783631794333 (Active)

ISBN (PDF):

9783631794326 (Active)

DOI:

10.3726/b15826

Language:

English

Keywords:

Gender Studies, Sex, Media studies, Gender Theory, History of Sexuality

Published:

Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien, 384 S., 48 s/w Abb.

Frank Jacob is Professor of Global History at Nord Universitet, Norway, where he began to work in 2018, after having served as Assistant Professor at the City University of New York (QCC). He received his MA in History and Japanese Studies from the University of Würzburg and his PhD in Japanese Studies from Erlangen University. His main research foci are Japanese History, Transnational Anarchism, and Film History.

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