International exposure : perspectives on modern European pornography, 1800-2000 / edited by Lisa Z. Sigel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sigel, Lisa Z., 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pornography--Europe.

Pornography.

Pornography--Europe--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

International Exposure demonstrates the wealth of desires woven into the fabric of European history: desires about empire and nation, about self and other, about plenty and dearth. By documenting the diverse meanings of pornography, senior scholars from across disciplines show the ways that sexuality became central to the individual, to the nation, and to the transnational character of modern society. The ten essays in the volume engage a rich array of topics, including obscenity in the German states, censorship in France’s Third Republic, “she-male” internet porn, the rise of incestuous longings in England, the place of the Hungarian video revolution in the global market, and the politics of pornography in Russia. Taken together, the essays illustrate the latest approaches to content, readership, form, and delivery in modern European pornography. A substantial discussion of the broad history and state of the field complements the ten in-depth case studies that examine a wide range of sources from literature to magazines, video to the internet. By tackling the highbrow and lowdown of the pornographic form, this volume lays the groundwork for the next surge of studies in the field.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Issues and Problems in the History of Pornography

Wanderers, Entertainers, and Seducers: Making Sense of Obscenity Law in the German States, 1830–1851

Censorship in Republican Times: Censorship and Pornographic Novels Located in L’Enfer de la Bibliothèque Nationale, 1800–1900

Anti-Abolition Writes Obscenity: The English Vice, Transatlantic Slavery, and England’s Obscene Print Culture

The Rise of the Overly Affectionate Family: Incestuous Pornography and Displaced Desire among the Edwardian Middle Class

Old Wine in New Bottles? Literary Pornography in Twentieth-Century France

A Perfectly British Business: Stagnation, Continuities, and Change on the Top Shelf

Global Traffic in Pornography: The Hungarian Example

Ideologies of the Second Coming in the Ukrainian Postcolonial Playground

Stripping the Nation Bare: Russian Pornography and the Insistence on Meaning

Walking on the Wild Side: Shemale Internet Pornography

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-59201-0

9786613904461

0-8135-4104-2

OCLC:

804665115