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Art and pornography : philosophical essays / edited by Hans Maes and Jerrold Levinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pornography.
- Pornography--Philosophy.
- Art--Philosophy.
- Art.
- Erotic art.
- Erotica.
- Sex in art.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 335 pages)
- Other Title:
- Philosophical essays
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Do art and pornography overlap, or are the two mutually exclusive? If they are, why is that? 'Art and Pornography' explores the artistic status and aesthetic dimension of pornographic pictures, films, and literature.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Hans Maes and Jerrold Levinson
- 1. Pornography, erotica, and art
- Who says pornography can't be art? / Hans Maes
- The pornographic, the erotic, the charming, and the sublime / Alex Neill
- Pornography, art, and the intended response of the receiver / David Davies
- Is pornographic art comparable to religious art? / Jerrold Levinson
- 2. Pornography, imagination, and fiction
- Imagination, fantasy, and sexual desire / Cain Todd
- Pornography and imagining about oneself / Kathleen Stock
- Pornography at the edge: depiction, fiction, and sexual prediliction / Christy Mag Uidhir and Henry John Pratt
- 3. Pornography, medium, and genre
- Why do porn films suck? / Petra van Brabandt and Jesse Prinz
- Anti-pornography: André Kertész's Distortions / Bence Nanay
- An aesthetics of transgressive pornography / Michael Newall
- 4. Pornography, ethics, and feminism
- On the ethical distinction between art and pornography / Brandon Cooke
- Concepts of pornography: aesthetics, feminism, and methodology / Andrew Kania
- What's wrong with the (female) nude? : a feminist perspective on art and pornography / A.W. Eaton
- Taking a moral perspective: on voyeurism in art / Elisabeth Schellekens.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Dec. 14, 2012).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-85390-6
- 0-19-165537-6
- OCLC:
- 922971609
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