Pornography : women, violence & civil liberties / edited by Catherine Itzin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Itzin, Catherine, 1944-2010.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pornography--Social aspects.

Pornography.

Pornography--Social aspects--Great Britain.

Censorship.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

ix, 645 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

Summary:

Does freedom of speech always play a more important role in society than the civil rights of certain members of that society? Is pornography an excuse to publish acts of violence? Many respected writers, both men and women, have contributed to this definitive collection of essays concerning pornography. Each has their own view, but they all hold two beliefs in common--a passionate opposition to censorship and a vehement conviction that until pornography is eradicated, women's status can never be equal to men's. Thoroughly researched and passionately argued, these essays examine the possible causal links between pornography and rape, child abuse, and sexual inequality. Material from soft-porn to snuff movies is analyzed. This work includes interviews with alleged victims of pornography and professionals who have treated the alleged perpetrators of pornography-related violence. Contributors include Andrea Dworkin, Michael Moorcock, and Catherine MacKinnon. The Case Against Pornography is an important contribution to anti-pornography debate.

Contents:

Part 1 The Pornography Industry And Its Product 25

1. 'Entertainment for Men': What It Is and What It Means 27

Part 2 Pornography And Power 55

2. Pornography and the Social Construction of Sexual Inequality / Catherine Itzin 57

3. Pornography and Capitalism: The UK Pornography Industry: I Spy Productions 76

4. Pornography: The Representation of Power / Susanne Kappeler 88

5. Pornography and Racism: Sexualizing Oppression and Inciting Hatred / Aminatta Forna 102

6. Pornography and Child Sexual Abuse / Liz Kelly 113

7. Maintaining Male Power: Why Heterosexual Men Use Pornography / Peter Baker 124

8. Pornography, Homophobia and Male Supremacy / John Stoltenberg 145

9. Pornography and the Politics of Lesbianism / Janice Raymond 166

10. Pornography and Addiction: A Political Issue / Corinne Sweet 179

Part 3 Pornography And Evidence Of Harm 201

11. The Child Pornography Industry: International Trade in Child Sexual Abuse / Tim Tate 203

12. Images of Children in the Media: 'Soft Kiddie Porn' / Michele Elliott 217

13. Women's Experience of Pornography: UK Magazine Survey Evidence / Catherine Itzin, Corinne Sweet 222

14. Pornography and Sexual Violence: Working with Sex Offenders / Ray Wyre 236

15. The Experimental Research Evidence: Effects of Pornography on the 'Average Individual' / Edna F. Einsiedel 248

16. The Social Science and Psychological Research Evidence: Perceptual and Behavioural Consequences of Exposure to Pornography / James Weaver 284

17. Pornography and Rape: A Causal Model / Diana E. H. Russell 310

18. The Effects of Violent Pornography, Nonviolent Dehumanizing Pornography, and Erotica: Some Legal Implications from a Canadian Perspective / James V. P. Check 350

19. On the Question of Pornography and Sexual Violence: Moving Beyond Cause and Effect / Deborah Cameron, Elizabeth Frazer 359

20. Pornography and Pollution: An Environmental Analogy / H. Patricia Hynes 384

Part 4 Pornography And The Law 399

21. Legislating Against Pornography without Censorship / Catherine Itzin 401

22. A Legal Definition of Pornography / Catherine Itzin 435

23. Pornography, Civil Rights and Speech / Catharine A. MacKinnon 456

Part 5 Pornography, Censorship And Civil Liberties 513

24. Against the Male Flood: Censorship, Pornography and Equality / Andrea Dworkin 515

25. Working in the Ministry of Truth: Pornography and Censorship in Contemporary Britain / Michael Moorcock 536

26. Pornography and Civil Liberties: Freedom, Harm and Human Rights / Catherine Itzin 553

2. Extracts from Letter to the Council for Periodical Distributors Associations from Gray and Co., 5 June 1986 598

3. District Court of Ontario: R. v. Ross Wise, before the Hon. Judge H. R. Locke, Reasons for Judgment, June 1990 603

Organizations Concerned About or Active Against Pornography 634

Copyright Credits 636.

Notes:

Bibliography: pages [614]-633.

ISBN:

0198252919

0198257554

OCLC:

27107850