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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457803303321

Autore

Paasonen Susanna <1975->

Titolo

Carnal resonance [[electronic resource] ] : affect and online pornography / / Susanna Paasonen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2011

ISBN

0-262-29793-0

1-283-32176-9

9786613321763

0-262-29881-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Disciplina

306.77

Soggetti

Internet pornography - Research

Internet research

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : carnal appeal -- Bad taste, miasmic forces, and the ubiquity of online porn -- Amateur wives and the attraction of authenticity -- The literal and the hyperbolic : mapping the modalities of porn -- Visual pleasures : from gaze to grab and resonance -- Absolutely disgusting : shock sites, extremity, and the forbidden fruit -- Conclusions : the tactile grab of online pornography.

Sommario/riassunto

Here, Susanna Paasonen moves beyond the usual debates over the legal, political, and moral aspects of pornography to address online porn in a media historical framework, investigating its modalities, its affect, and its visceral and disturbing qualities.