LEADER 04072nam 2200577 450 001 9910468015103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-7115-7 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442671157 035 $a(CKB)4560000000000798 035 $a(DE-B1597)464204 035 $a(OCoLC)944178382 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442671157 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671212 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255081 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671212 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256930 035 $a(OCoLC)958571842 035 $a(EXLCZ)994560000000000798 100 $a20160922h19971997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aBad attitude/s on trial $epornography, feminism, and the Butler decision /$fBrenda Cossman [and three others] 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1997. 210 4$dİ1997 215 $a1 online resource (274 p.) 311 $a0-8020-0687-6 311 $a0-8020-7643-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Introduction -- $t2. Shaping Butler: The New Politics of Anti-Pornography -- $t3. Feminist Fashion or Morality in Drag? The Sexual Subtext of the Butler Decision -- $t4. 'It's Merely Designed for Sexual Arousal7:* Interrogating the Indefensibility of Lesbian Smut -- $t5. On ne peut pas voir l'image -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aBad 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. 606 $aPornography$xPolitical aspects$zCanada 606 $aPornography$xSocial aspects$zCanada 606 $aFeminism$zCanada 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPornography$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aPornography$xSocial aspects 615 0$aFeminism 676 $a363.4/7/0971 700 $aBell$b Shannon, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01056867 702 $aCossman$b Brenda$f1960- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910468015103321 996 $aBad attitude$92491548 997 $aUNINA