Prostitution and Pornography : Philosophical Debate About the Sex Industry / ed. by Jessica Spector.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Almodovar, Norma Jean, Contributor.

Anderson, Scott A., Contributor.

Baldwin, Margaret A., Contributor.

Carter, Vednita, Contributor.

Cohen, Joshua, Contributor.

Dworkin, Ronald, Contributor.

Giobbe, Evelina, Contributor.

Kipnis, Laura, Contributor.

MacKinnon, Catharine, Contributor.

Marlowe, Julian, Contributor.

Nussbaum, Martha, Contributor.

Pateman, Carole, Contributor.

Quan, Tracy, Contributor.

Reed, Theresa A., Contributor.

Satz, Debra, Contributor.

Schwarzenbach, Sibyl, Contributor.

Shrage, Laurie, Contributor.

Spector, Jessica, Contributor.

Spector, Jessica, Editor.

Stark, Christine, Contributor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Prostitution and Pornography examines debates about the sex industry and the adequacy of the liberal response to critiques of the sex industry. The anthology focuses particularly on the very different ways prostitution and pornography are treated. Unlike other books that deal with the sex industry, this volume brings together academics and industry veterans and survivors to discuss the ways prostitution, pornography, and other forms of commercial sex are treated, and to ask questions about the role that ideas about the self, personal identity, and freedom play in our attitudes about the sex industry.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Sex, Money, and Philosophy

PART ONE. Critiques of the Sex Industry

1. Duet: Prostitution, Racism, and Feminist Discourse

2. Stripping as a System of Prostitution

3. What's Wrong with Prostitution?

4. Equality and Speech

5. Split at the Root: Prostitution and Feminist Discourses of Law Reform

PART TWO. Liberalism and Prostitution

6. Porn Stars, Radical Feminists, Cops and Outlaw Whores: The Battle Between Feminist Theory and Reality, Free Speech and Free Spirits

7. "Whether from Reason or Prejudice": Taking Money for Bodily Services

8. Contractarians and Feminists Debate Prostitution

9. Prostitution and the Case for Decriminalization

PART THREE. Liberalism and Pornography

10. Private Acts versus Public Art: Where Prostitution Ends and Pornography Begins

11. Freedom, Equality, Pornography

12. Women and Pornography

13. Desire and Disgust: Hustler Magazine

PART FOUR. The Limits of Liberalism

14. The Name of the Pose: A Sex Worker by Any Other Name?

15. Thinking Outside the Box: Men in the Sex Industry

16. Prostitution and Sexual Autonomy: Making Sense of the Prohibition of Prostitution

17. Markets in Women's Sexual Labor

18. Obscene Division: Feminist Liberal Assessments of Prostitution Versus Feminist Liberal Defenses of Pornography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)

ISBN:

1-5036-2460-9

OCLC:

1294425881