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Record Nr.

UNINA9911018965703321

Titolo

Porn : philosophy for everyone : how to think with kink / / edited by Dave Monroe ; foreword by Gram Ponante

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

ISBN

9786612939921

9781444341379

1444341375

9781282939929

1282939920

9781444324693

1444324691

9781444324709

1444324705

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Collana

Philosophy for everyone

Altri autori (Persone)

MonroeDave

PonanteGram

Disciplina

176/.7

Soggetti

Pornography

Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Lights, camera, action! Sundry sexy thoughts -- pt. II. Between the sheets : porn ethics and personal relationships -- pt. IV. Talking dirty : legal issues and free speech -- pt. V. The art of dirty : porn and aesthetic value -- pt. VI. Porn and technology -- pt. VII. Kink : alternative porn and BDSM.

Sommario/riassunto

This anthology takes the ever-controversial discussion of pornography out of solely academic circles; it expands the questions about porn that academics might tackle and opens the conversation to those who know it best-the creators and users of porn.Features essays on non-traditional issues in porn, including celebrity sex tapes, virtual sex, S&M, homosexual porn, and technology's impact on the porn industryFeatures fascinating insights from psychologists, a lawyer, and



an English professor, as well as industry insiders such as Dylan RyderA fun, entertaining, and