04072nam 2200577 450 991046801510332120200520144314.01-4426-7115-710.3138/9781442671157(CKB)4560000000000798(DE-B1597)464204(OCoLC)944178382(DE-B1597)9781442671157(MiAaPQ)EBC4671212(MiAaPQ)EBC3255081(Au-PeEL)EBL4671212(CaPaEBR)ebr11256930(OCoLC)958571842(EXLCZ)99456000000000079820160922h19971997 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBad attitude/s on trial pornography, feminism, and the Butler decision /Brenda Cossman [and three others]Toronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,1997.©19971 online resource (274 p.)0-8020-0687-6 0-8020-7643-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Shaping Butler: The New Politics of Anti-Pornography -- 3. Feminist Fashion or Morality in Drag? The Sexual Subtext of the Butler Decision -- 4. 'It's Merely Designed for Sexual Arousal7:* Interrogating the Indefensibility of Lesbian Smut -- 5. On ne peut pas voir l'image -- References -- Index 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 centering 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.Lise Gotell examines the intervention of the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) in the Butler decision and provides an overview of socio-legal debates on pornography and censorship. Brenda Cossman examines the Butler decision itself and challenges the dominant reading of this case as a feminist victory. Becki Ross critically examines the expert testimony she delivered in defense of Bad Attitude, an American lesbian sex magazine seized by police from Glad Day Bookshop in Toronto in 1992. She details the difficulties she encountered in explicating and contextualizing the specificities, nuances, and complexities of lesbian s/m fantasy in a court of law. In the final chapter, Shannon Bell advances a conception of pornography that is not distinguishable from philosophy, using philosophy to make pornography.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.PornographyPolitical aspectsCanadaPornographySocial aspectsCanadaFeminismCanadaElectronic books.PornographyPolitical aspectsPornographySocial aspectsFeminism363.4/7/0971Bell Shannon, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1056867Cossman Brenda1960-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910468015103321Bad attitude2491548UNINA