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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795191403321

Autore

Bell Shannon

Titolo

Bad attitude/s on trial : pornography, feminism, and the Butler decision / / Brenda Cossman [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997

©1997

ISBN

1-4426-7115-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Disciplina

363.4/7/0971

Soggetti

Pornography - Political aspects - Canada

Pornography - Social aspects - Canada

Feminism - Canada

Kanada

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Brenda Cossman, Shannon Bell -- Shaping Butler: the new politics of anti-pornography / Lise Gotell -- Feminist fashion or morality in drag? the sexual subtext of the Butler decision / Brenda Cossman -- Ít's merely designed for sexual arousal:́ interrogating the indefensibility of lesbian smut / Becki L. Ross -- On ne peut pas voir límage [the image cannot be seen] / Shannon Bell.

Sommario/riassunto

"Bad Attitude/s on Trial is a critical analysis of pornography in the context of contemporary Canada. The notion that pornography both reflects sexual domination and 'victimizes' women has recently found expression in law in the landmark Canadian Supreme Court decision of R. v. Butler (1992). Many feminists embrace this new law as progressive, but in the post-Butler years, straight, mainstream pornography is still flourishing, while sexual representations that challenge conventional notions of sexuality, such as those centring on gay and lesbian sex and s/m sex, are the focus of censorship. It is the censorship of sexual others that the authors critique from a legal, cultural, gay, and philosophical standpoint." "Bad Attitude/s on Trial



provides a new debate on pornography and feminism. It will be of particular interest to students of both women's and gay and lesbian issues, but will also be relevant for scholars of law, political science, and philosophy, as well as for anyone interested in a different, provocative view of the Butler decision."--Jacket