Taking as its focus soft-core pornography and its impact on the sexuality of young men, this book is intended as a contribution to the developing discussion of heterosexuality, and its cultural representation, within sociology, gender studies and media studies. It was conceived as a response to the divisions among feminists over pornography, and as an attempt to disrupt the entrenched pattern of polarity in critical discussion of sexual representation. Drawing on in-depth interviews with young men about their experience and interpretation of pornographic material, the book shows that they have a keen awareness of the pleasures which censorship would curtail and yet, at the same time, a strong pervasive sense of danger attending the use of pornography.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 135 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-304-33638-8 (9780304336388)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
The politics of pornography; researching pornography; the social function of soft-core; a textual analysis; the process of reception; impact on the audience; the dilemma of hegemonic heterosexuality.
