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Book SynopsisThe concept of obscenity is an ancient one. But as Joan deJean suggests, its modern form, the same that today's politicians decry, was invented in 17th century France. This work also casts a fresh light on the mythical link between sexual impropriety and all things French.Trade Review"Joan DeJean's new book is a fascinating study that like so much of her work identifies some of the sources of our own modernity in practices and concepts that emerged and took characteristic form in seventeenth-century France. It is masterfully written, beautifully conceived, convincingly argued, tellingly organized, and a delight to read." - Ross Chambers, author of The Writing of Melancholy: Modes of Opposition in Early French Modernism

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Book SynopsisA study of Hollywood gangster films. This book examines their controversial content and how it was subjected to continual moral and political censure. Combining film analysis with archival material, the study shows how the industry circumvented censure.

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Book SynopsisExploring the complicated history of love, desire, gender, sexuality, parenthood, and inequality, this title probes the disquieting issue of how we can draw a clear line between natural affection toward children and perverse exploitation of them.Trade Review"Erotic Attunement is an interdisciplinary tour de force and both a compelling read for nonprofessionals and a basic reference for religious ethicists. Traina has mastered an impressive, exhaustive range of research that took her not only back to Augustine, Aquinas, Aristotle, and Plato, but also into recent studies on sex and the brain, developmental psychology, neonatology, and sex offenders and victims of sexual abuse, as well as a host of other sources." (Christine E. Gudorf, Florida International University)"

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Book SynopsisOften depicted as deviant or pathological by public health researchers, psychoanalysts, and sexologists, male-with-male sex and sex work is, in fact, an increasingly mainstream pursuit. This book addresses how masculinity and sexuality shape male commercial sex in this era of Internet communications.Trade Review"Strongly grounded in debates within sociology, Kevin Walby's work reaches beyond its disciplinary base by drawing on anthropology, psychology, and philosophy, as well as on literary/cultural theory and queer theory. Touching Encounters is very well-researched, well-organized, and well-written - an original and fascinating contribution to the new sociology of sex." (Tim Dean, University at Buffalo, SUNY)"

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Book SynopsisPromoting birth control as reform rather than revolutionTrade Review"In uncovering these historical gems, Volume 2 makes an unmatched contribution to the study of reproductive rights, genetic inheritance, and women 's rights, and reminds us of the importance of vigilance in protecting what Sanger won." Ann D. Gordon, editor of The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

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Book SynopsisA trenchant analysis of free speech in Israeli mediaTrade Review"An excellent addition to the comparative literature on media regulation and free speech rights."--Free Speech Yearbook "The author displays enviable intellectual courage by sharply indicting Israel's broadcast media policies, despite being himself Jewish and a true believer in the Zionist idea of an independent homeland."--International Communication Research Journal "This book addresses a critical feature of democracy and illustrates a frightening reality: despite the democratic nature of the State of Israel, Israeli media falls terribly short when dealing with the minority Arab population."--Jewish Book World"Few are as experienced and and expert as [Schejter] is in the everyday realities of the Israeli media from the inside. His familiarity with the media institution from the inside renders the book particularly important and validates its main thesis. . . . The book challenges researchers' knowledge of Israeli democracy and provides an insightful overview of the Israeli broadcasting media."--Israel Studies ForumTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Makings of a Mute Democracy; Chapter 1: Culture and Israeli Culture -Features and Institutions; Chapter 2: Israel-Media Space and Political Culture; Chapter 3: Israeli Electronic Media as a System of Control; Chapter 4

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Book SynopsisA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Drawing on never-before-published original source detail, the epic story of two of the most consequential, and largely forgotten, moments in Supreme Court history.Trade Review"Explaining Furman and its implications can be tricky, but Evan Mandery… has done both with remarkable ease. Mandery knows how to tell a story, and he’s done some terrific research." -- David Oshinsky - New York Times Book Review"Important…. Remarkable." -- Andrew Cohen - The Atlantic"If someone described a book about the Supreme Court’s decisions to strike down and then reinstate the death penalty as thrilling, would you believe her? You should; that’s exactly what A Wild Justice is. Reading it, you get swept up in the details of the court cases that determined capital punishment’s upheaval and rapid resurrection over the course of two decades. This is thanks to Mandery’s skill for whittling down complex legal situations to punchy play-by-plays." -- Jen Vafidis - The Daily Beast"Mandery has managed to turn textbook-style legal history into cinematic scenes with memorable characters." -- Maurice Chammah - Austin-American Statesman"Mandery has at once written one of the very best books I have ever read not only on the Supreme Court as an institution, but also on the death penalty itself…. One keeps turning the pages in order to find out what happens next." -- Sanford Levinson - History Book Club"The fascinating story of the abolition of the death penalty—and its restoration—had found its ideal narrator in Evan Mandery. At once a page turner and a work of serious scholarship, A Wild Justice puts you inside the justices' deliberations and the advocates’ strategizing. Required reading for anyone who cares about the Supreme Court and how it shapes our lives." -- Noah Feldman, author of The Broken Constitution"With a powerful story and an exceptional cast of characters—including Arthur Goldberg, Alan Dershowitz, and Robert Bork at their best—A Wild Justice is a rare achievement. At once entertaining and deeply instructive, it is a piece of legal history that grapples brilliantly with capital punishment, one of the fundamental issues of American justice." -- Sean Wilentz, author of The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln"A Wild Justice is sensational—a revealing and illuminating behind-the-scenes look at one of the most important chapters in the history of the Supreme Court. After reading it, you may never look at the death penalty, or the justices, the same way again." -- Jeffrey Toobin, author of The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court"It takes a gifted writer to craft a thriller out of the efforts to have capital punishment declared unconstitutional, but Mandery pulls it off in this intellectual page-turner." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Outstanding in every respect." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Mandery has written a tour de force examination of how the U.S. Supreme Court from 1963 to 1977 ruled on death penalty issues…this book is revelatory. Unlike Bob Woodward’s The Brethren and Jeffrey Toobin’s The Nine, it shows how all the court players (politicians, clerks, litigants) had a part in its capital punishment decisions…. As much a sociological study as a discussion of the law, this volume is well written and illuminating." -- Library Journal (starred review)"He portrays the complex personalities behind the arguments on both sides and a court as sensitive to political tides as moral and philosophical concerns on an issue that continues to remain controversial." -- Booklist

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Book SynopsisAn astonishingly brave memoir of prostitution and its lingering influence on a woman’s psyche and life.Trade Review"This is surely the best, most personal, profound, eye-opening book ever written about prostitution—irrefutable proof of why it should NEVER be legalized." -- Jane Fonda"People who are working to end sexual exploitation will take heart from her example of transformation and an insistence on basic human dignity." -- President Jimmy Carter"Rachel Moran takes us where no readers have ever gone: into the deep hell of being prostituted… Anyone who believes "sex work" is chosen or a job like any other should read Paid For for its exposure of misinformation and myths alone. But the book is more: Moran writes so well that her story will scorch your heart…." -- Robin Morgan"No amount of theory from those who have never been prostituted can replace the truth and power of experience. Rachel Moran's Paid For should be required reading in courses on human rights, in police training and law schools, and in sex education courses that separate welcome sex from body invasion." -- Gloria Steinem"Paid For fuses the memoirist's lived poignancy with the philosopher's conceptual sophistication. The result is riveting, compelling, incontestable. Impossible to put down. " -- Catharine A. MacKinnon, law professor, University of Michigan and Harvard University"As a survivor, I can say Paid For got to the heart of what sex-trafficked and prostituted women face on a daily basis. Rachel speaks for those survivors who can’t speak for themselves, and for those who have been lost to the life." -- Vednita Carter, Founder and Executive Director, Breaking Free"Paid For is the political sword we desperately need to slay once and for all the myths and fairytales surrounding the sex trade. Sojourner Truth once said that truth is powerful and it prevails. Rachel Moran's earth-shaking book embodies just that." -- Taina Bien-Aimé, Executive Director, Coalition Against Trafficking in Women"Rachel Moran demolishes the “Pretty Woman” myth with the stark reality of the lived experience of her young years in prostitution. This memoir makes a strong case for the Nordic model law that criminalizes the buyers whose money drives the trade that treats women as objects for sale." -- Terry O'Neill, President, National Organization for Women

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewDuring the early days of the so-called ‘war on drugs,’ possession of marijuana could sometimes lead to a decades-long criminal sentence. In time, the need for reconsideration, and proportionality in sentencing, became apparent. The contemporary sentencing approach to child pornography offenses, including possession, requires an analogous re-examination. This text does an outstanding job of addressing the rationale for sentencing in child pornography cases, and in suggesting the need for potential change, in a thorough, scholarly, and thought-provoking manner.”—Fred S. Berlin, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine ~""Our modern digital world has increased exponentially the constitutional, social, and practical issues implicated by criminal laws and policies surrounding child pornography. This book provides a timely, balanced, and astute array of perspectives on a topic that all criminal law theorists and practitioners should be following closely.” —Douglas A. Berman, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University

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Book SynopsisAn eye-opening look at one of the most urgent conflicts the world will confront in the twenty-first century: the desire of nations to dominate cyberspace.

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Book SynopsisRed Light Labour, the first book to examine sex work policy and advocacy since Canada v. Bedford, showcases the perspectives of sex workers and activists and deepens our understanding of sex work as labour.Trade ReviewA thorough collection, it challenges misconceptions and educates readers on many topics, including sex work in rural and small communities, the experience of Indigenous workers, and union engagement with sex work in Canada. -- Jessica Rose * THIS Magazine *Table of ContentsForeword / Valerie Scott1 Contextualizing Sex Work: Challenging Discourses and Confronting Narratives / Elya M. Durisin, Emily van der Meulen, and Chris BruckertPart 1 – Law and Policy Contexts: The State and Beyond2 Sex Work Policy: Tracing Historical and Contemporary Developments / Emily van der Meulen and Elya M. Durisin3 Bedford v. Canada: A Breakthrough in the Legal Discourse / Brenda Belak4 Municipal Regulation of Street-Based Prostitution and the Impacts on Indigenous Women: A Necessary Discussion / Naomi Sayers5 From Average Joe to Deviant John: The Changing Construction of Sex Trade Clients in Canada / Ummni Khan6 Pimps, Partners, and Procurers: Criminalizing Street-Based Sex Workers’ Relationships with Partners and Third Parties / Kara Gillies and Chris Bruckert7 New Risk-Spaces, New Spaces for Harm: The Effects of the Advertising Offence on Independent Escorts / Andrea Sterling8 Misrepresentations, Inadequate Evidence, and Impediments to Justice: Human Rights Impacts of Canada’s Anti-Trafficking Efforts / Tamara O’Doherty, Hayli Millar, Alison Clancey, and Kimberly Mackenzie9 Perceptions of Sex Work: Exploring the Narratives of Police and Regulatory Officials / Frances M. Shaver, John Bryans, and Isabelle Bhola10 Protecting Victims Sexually Exploited through Prostitution? Critically Examining Youth Legal and Policy Regimes / Steven BittlePart 2 – Diverse Experiences: Examining Places, Spaces, and Types of Work11 Indigenous, Indoors, and Incognito: Thoughts and Experiences of an Irish and Ojibwe Sex Worker / Elizabeth James12 Myths and Realities of Male Sex Work: A Personal Perspective / River Redwood13 Champagne, Strawberries, and Truck-Stop Motels: On Subjectivity and Sex Work / Victoria Love14 “The Paradox?!”: Racialized and Indigenous Sex Workers’ Encounters within a Capitalist Market / Menaka Raguparan15 Double Punishment: Immigration Penality and Migrant Trans Women Who Sell Sex / Nora Butler Burke16 “Harassing the Clients Is Exactly the Same as Harassing the Workers”: Street-Based Sex Workers in Vancouver / Andrea Krüsi, Brenda Belak, and Sex Workers United Against Violence17 Everybody Knows Everybody: Sex Work in Rural and Small Communities / Stacey Hannem18 Hypocrisy in “Sin City”: Space, Place, and Sex Work Stigma in St. John’s / Laura Winters and Gayle MacDonaldPart 3 – Sex Workers’ Resistance: Building Alliances and Subverting Narratives19 Canadian Feminism and Sex Work Law: A Cautionary Tale / Mariana Valverde20 Whorganizers and Gay Activists: Histories of Convergence, Contemporary Currents of Divergence, and the Promise of Non-Normative Futures / Becki L. Ross21 Fighting for Homewood: Gentrification and the History of Violent Struggle over Trans Sex Workers’ Strolls in Canada / Morgan M. Page22 Do Black Sex Workers’ Lives Matter? Whitewashed Anti-Slavery, Racial Justice, and Abolition / Robyn Maynard23 Migrant Sex Workers’ Justice: Building Alliances across Movements / Elene Lam and Chanelle Gallant24 Will the Real Supporters of Workers’ Rights Please Stand Up? Union Engagement with Sex Work in Canada / Jenn Clamen and Kara Gillies25 Sex, Lies, and Committee Hearings: Challenging Prostitution Propaganda / Kerry Porth26 Action, Advocacy, and Allies: Building a Movement for Sex Worker Rights / Sarah BeerAfterword / John Lowman and Frances M. ShaverAppendix: Prostitution-Related Criminal Code ProvisionsIndex

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Book SynopsisSugar Girls and Seamen illuminates the shadowy world of dockside prostitution in South Africa, focusing on the women of Cape Town and Durban who sell their hospitality to foreign sailors.Dockside “sugar girls” work at one of the busiest cultural intersections in the world.Trade Review“Adamantine research and thoughtful analysis … brilliant and detailed.” * Sunday Times, South Africa *“Trotter presents a depth and richness of narrative that could only be achieved through prolonged and personal enquiry… The result is a series of narratives through which the reader, in turn, is able to become familiar with the characters involved.” * International Journal of Maritime History *“Sugar Girls and Seamen is simultaneously racy and light, critical and profound. Trotter shines a light on this shadowy world, helping readers understand the role that sex workers and sailors play in the social, economic and cultural realities of South African port cities, possibly even illuminating how their activities connect us all with each other and to the rest of the world.” * SirReadalot.org *“Sugar Girls and Seamen is a major contribution to our understanding of bar prostitution in harbor areas frequented by international sailors. It is the most in-depth and insightful exploration of this type of sexual commerce available—a wonderfully written, groundbreaking ethnographic study.” * George Washington University *“Trotter is so fascinated with the culture, that his drive to understand makes the book really readable. You are drawn into a world where the rules are important, but they are not the rules you know. A provocative read.” * The Citizen *“The author’s skills of observation, and affection for the real-life characters, results in stories that remain with you.” * O Magazine, South African edition *“We owe Henry Trotter, an American, a great debt for this work which South Africans have shied away from.”“This book is an eye-opener; it’s an entertaining read that will have you laughing in places and gasping in others.” * Daily Dispatch *

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Book SynopsisFeaturing an introduction by Rachel Maddow, Pegasus: How a Spy in Our Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy is the behind-the-scenes story of one of the most sophisticated and invasive surveillance weapons ever created, used by governments around the world.Pegasus is widely regarded as the most effective and sought-after cyber-surveillance system on the market. The system's creator, the NSO Group, a private corporation headquartered in Israel, is not shy about proclaiming its ability to thwart terrorists and criminals. Thousands of people in Europe owe their lives to hundreds of our company employees, NSO's cofounder declared in 2019. This bold assertion may be true, at least in part, but it's by no means the whole story.NSO's Pegasus system has not been limited to catching bad guys. It's also been used to spy on hundreds, and maybe thousands, of innocent people around the world: heads of state, diplomats, human rights defenders, p

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Book SynopsisThe approach the United States has taken to addressing teen pregnancy— a ubiquitous concern in teen education and perennial topic in popular culture— has changed dramatically over the past few decades. Specifically since the radical overhaul of welfare policy in 1996, Clare Daniel argues, teen pregnancy, previously regarded as a social problem requiring public solutions, is seen as an individual failure on the part of the teens involved. Daniel investigates coordinated teen pregnancy pre- vention efforts within federal political discourse, along with public policy, popular culture, national advocacy, and local initiatives, revealing the evidence of this transformation. In the 1970s and 1980s, political leaders from both parties used teen pregnancy to strengthen their attacks on racialized impoverished communities. With a new welfare policy in 1996 that rhetoric moved toward blaming teen pregnancy— seemingly in a race- and class- neutral way— on the teens who engaged in sex prematurely and irresponsibly. Daniel effectively illustrates that the construction of teen pregnancy as an individual’s problem has been a key component in a neoliberal agenda that frees the government from the responsibility of addressing systemic problems of poverty, lack of access to education, ongoing structural racism, and more.Trade Review“Anyone who is doing research on teen pregnancy— from any perspective— should read this book, including people who might not usually engage in thinking about theories like intimate citizenship, biopolitics, and neoliberalism. Daniel writes about these topics in a very approachable fashion.” — Tasha n. Dubriwny, author of The Vulnerable Empowered Woman: Feminism, Postfeminism, and Women’s Health“Mediating Morality is lucidly written, meticulously researched, and thoughtfully constructed. It is an important contribution to scholars across disciplines working on women’s reproduction, youth cultures, media studies, and contemporary neoliberal discourses. I also hope it falls into the hands of policy- makers, social activists, and nonprofit leaders because it has the potential to change current framings of teen pregnancy and sex education.” — Karen Weingarten, author of Abortion in the American Imagination: Before Life and Choice, 1880–1940

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Book SynopsisDuring the early 1990s, global health experts developed a new model of emergency obstetric care: post-abortion care or PAC. In developing countries with restrictive abortion laws and where NGOs relied on US family planning aid, PAC offered an apolitical approach to addressing the consequences of unsafe abortion. In Dying to Count, Siri Suh traces how national and global population politics collide in Senegal as health workers, health officials, and NGO workers strive to demonstrate PAC’s effectiveness in the absence of rigorous statistical evidence that the intervention reduces maternal mortality. Suh argues that pragmatically assembled PAC data convey commitments to maternal mortality reduction goals while obscuring the frequency of unsafe abortion and the inadequate care women with complications are likely to receive if they manage to reach a hospital. At a moment when African women face the highest risk worldwide of death from complications related to pregnancy, birth, or abortion, Suh’s ethnography of PAC in Senegal makes a critical contribution to studies of global health, population and development, African studies, and reproductive justice. Trade Review"Siri Suh's Dying to Count is a powerful exploration of the women caught by reproductive governance and surveillance in Senegal...an excellent choice for scholars of reproductive health, transnational/global sociology, and public policy." * Sociology of Race and Ethnicity *"Dying to Count is a model of excellent academic writing...Suh's writing is clear, persuasive, and urgent: she skillfully blends different forms of empirical evidence and nuanced arguments to push the boundaries of major debates in gender and development policy." * Gender & Development *"[A]n impressive and detailed ethnographic exploration of post abortion care as a form of reproductive governance...Suh's critical and feminist lens infuses the book, evident not just in her incisive and reflection writing but in the methodological care that has gone into the research design and data collection." * Sociology of Health & Illness *"Dying to Count represents an important addition to the literature on reproduction. Even though the primary focus of the book is on abortion care, its analyses go beyond abortion and contribute to contemporary debates on reproductive governance and justice." -- Mounia El Kotni * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *"Siri Suh’s illuminating book Dying to Count offers a rare window into the politics of postabortion care (PAC) in Senegal, a country where induced abortion is illegal. At a time when restrictive abortion laws are on the rise in the United States and parts of Latin America, Suh’s book is a meticulously crafted achievement that has important implications for scholars doing work in the Global North and South." -- Joseph A. Harris * American Journal of Sociology *"In this fascinating account, Siri Suh describes how tools, policies, institutions, and data come together in Senegal to make post-abortion care into 'good care.' PAC suits policy-makers' needs for targets, funders' demands for metrics, and clinicians' interests in misclassifying abortions. With devastating analytical and moral clarity, Suh shows that there’s almost nothing PAC cannot do—except put women’s dignity and interests first." -- Claire Wendland * author of A Heart for the Work: Journeys through an African Medical School *"This is a magnificent book. Feminist scholar Siri Suh has written an exquisitely detailed and meticulously researched account of the introduction and use of post-abortion care in Senegal during the late 20th and early 21st century. By taking a clearheaded and compassionate look at maternal health and abortion politics in Senegal, Suh draws attention to the fact that as long as there are restrictive abortion laws women need PAC, no matter where they are living. What a superb addition to global health scholarship!" -- Susan Bell * author of DES Daughters: Embodied Knowledge and the Transformation of Women’s Health Politics *"Dying to Count is for anyone who wishes to better understand how reproductive governance operates—via medical technology, global development policies, NGO mission statements, and moral regimes. Scholars and graduate students of science and technology, global health, population and development, and African studies will find Suh’s analysis to be a valuable model for future analysis of reproductive governance across a range of social and political contexts." * Social Forces *Table of ContentsIllustrations Foreword by Lenore Manderson Abbreviations Note on Anonymity and Language Introduction: PAC as Reproductive Governance 1 A “Transformative” Intervention 2 A Troublesome Technology: The Multiple Lives of MVA in Senegal 3 “We Wear White Coats, Not Uniforms”: Abortion Surveillance in Hospitals 4 When Abortion Does Not Count: Interpreting PAC Data Conclusion: Evidence, Harm Reduction, and Reproductive Justice Appendix A: Methodology Appendix B: Cases of Admitted and Suspected Induced Abortions Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisHardcore pornographic films combine fantasy and real sex to create a unique genre of entertainment. Pornographic films are also historical documents that give us access to the sexual behavior and eroticism of different historical periods. This book shows how the making of pornographic films is a social process that draws on the fantasies, sexual scripts, and sexual identities of performers, writers, directors, and editors to produce sexually exciting videos and movies. Yet hardcore pornographic films have also created a body of knowledge that constitutes, in this digital age, an enormous archive of sexual fantasies that serve as both a form of sex education and self-help guides. Sex, Society, and the Making of Pornography focuses on sex and what can be learned about it from pornographic representations.Trade Review“With Bigger than Life Jeffrey Escoffier had already proved himself the most informative and lively chronicler of the history of gay pornography. Now, against the background of this history, he turns his attention to the making of gay sexual fantasies to convincingly explain how the unfaked realities of sexual acts work to connect with fantasmatic sexual scripts to sell alluring performances.” -- Linda Williams * author of Hard Core: Power, Pleasure and the "Frenzy of the Visible" *"Jeffrey Escoffier brilliantly lays bare what really drives pornography: less the pumping bodies than the underlying sexual scripts, which draw on historical conditions to shape individual desires. No scholar has tracked this process so comprehensively, from the labor arrangements of production to the evolving sites of consumption. Sex, Society, and the Making of Pornography offers pointed observations on everything from 1970s 'homo-realism' to contemporary gay-for-pay performance, as well as comprehensive theorization that reshapes porn studies." -- Whitney Strub * author of Perversion for Profit: The Politics of Pornography and the Rise of the New Right *"Escoffier returns to the topic of gay pornography that made his previous book Bigger Than Life: The History of Gay Porn Cinema From Beefcake To Hardcore so notable. This one examines how the sexual imagination and identifies of the performers, writers, directors and editors have shaped the contours of gay porn." * DNA Magazine *"The study investigates several aspects of the porn industry, including straight and, later, transgender porn, focusing on pay disparity (men get less than women) the rise and fall of 'narrative' stories in features, the persistence of the fictive 'story' told via sex acts, and even a chapter on 'gay-for-pay' among the likes of Jeff Stryker and Ryan Idol. With a focus primarily on the rise and fall of studio porn and its related scenarios and economics, toward the end, Escoffier touches on other forms of porn; actors' cam-shows, nightclub appearances, strip acts and escorting." * Bay Area Reporter *"Published as a collection in February, Sex, Society, and the Making of Pornography reflects some 25 years’ worth of interviewing on-and behind-camera talent." * BLOOP *"Escoffier covers porn’s relation to the sexual revolution, he movement from softcore to hardcore porn, the emergence of gay porn, identity through porn, porn screenplays, gay for pay, female actors in straight porn, porn stars, trans porn and porn and the technological revolution." * Reviews by Amos Lassen *"Enlightening and even affordable." * Lambda Literary *"While many might think of pornography as only a minor aspect, Escoffier offers a strong argument that hardcore pornography has been integral to the recent historical developments of sex and sexuality. Hardcore, it is claimed, is an archive of desires and the structural conditions that both propagate and constrain them." * Gotham Center for New York City History *"Constructing the Pornographic Object of Knowledge: A Conversation between Whitney Strub and Jeffrey Escoffier" * NOTCHES *"A key point for Escoffier...is that porn’s supply creates its own demand, restructuring and expanding viewers’ desires: someone might not be into or even know about a particular kink until they see it. And porn is obliged to endlessly introduce new content since viewers bore easily." * Boston Review *"The G&LR talks with the author of Sex, Society, and the Making of Pornography: 'In porn there are scripts at various levels.'" * Gay & Lesbian Review *"Engaging and accessible. This volume can serve as an excellent introduction both to Escoffier's work and the broader scholarship on pornography (gay, straight, and trans)." * Gay & Lesbian Review *“With Bigger than Life Jeffrey Escoffier had already proved himself the most informative and lively chronicler of the history of gay pornography. Now, against the background of this history, he turns his attention to the making of gay sexual fantasies to convincingly explain how the unfaked realities of sexual acts work to connect with fantasmatic sexual scripts to sell alluring performances.” -- Linda Williams * author of Hard Core: Power, Pleasure and the "Frenzy of the Visible" *"Jeffrey Escoffier brilliantly lays bare what really drives pornography: less the pumping bodies than the underlying sexual scripts, which draw on historical conditions to shape individual desires. No scholar has tracked this process so comprehensively, from the labor arrangements of production to the evolving sites of consumption. Sex, Society, and the Making of Pornography offers pointed observations on everything from 1970s 'homo-realism' to contemporary gay-for-pay performance, as well as comprehensive theorization that reshapes porn studies." -- Whitney Strub * author of Perversion for Profit: The Politics of Pornography and the Rise of the New Right *"Escoffier returns to the topic of gay pornography that made his previous book Bigger Than Life: The History of Gay Porn Cinema From Beefcake To Hardcore so notable. This one examines how the sexual imagination and identifies of the performers, writers, directors and editors have shaped the contours of gay porn." * DNA Magazine *"The study investigates several aspects of the porn industry, including straight and, later, transgender porn, focusing on pay disparity (men get less than women) the rise and fall of 'narrative' stories in features, the persistence of the fictive 'story' told via sex acts, and even a chapter on 'gay-for-pay' among the likes of Jeff Stryker and Ryan Idol. With a focus primarily on the rise and fall of studio porn and its related scenarios and economics, toward the end, Escoffier touches on other forms of porn; actors' cam-shows, nightclub appearances, strip acts and escorting." * Bay Area Reporter *"Published as a collection in February, Sex, Society, and the Making of Pornography reflects some 25 years’ worth of interviewing on-and behind-camera talent." * BLOOP *"Escoffier covers porn’s relation to the sexual revolution, he movement from softcore to hardcore porn, the emergence of gay porn, identity through porn, porn screenplays, gay for pay, female actors in straight porn, porn stars, trans porn and porn and the technological revolution." * Reviews by Amos Lassen *"Enlightening and even affordable." * Lambda Literary *"While many might think of pornography as only a minor aspect, Escoffier offers a strong argument that hardcore pornography has been integral to the recent historical developments of sex and sexuality. Hardcore, it is claimed, is an archive of desires and the structural conditions that both propagate and constrain them." * Gotham Center for New York City History *"Constructing the Pornographic Object of Knowledge: A Conversation between Whitney Strub and Jeffrey Escoffier" * NOTCHES *"A key point for Escoffier...is that porn’s supply creates its own demand, restructuring and expanding viewers’ desires: someone might not be into or even know about a particular kink until they see it. And porn is obliged to endlessly introduce new content since viewers bore easily." * Boston Review *"The GLR talks with the author of Sex, Society, and the Making of Pornography: 'In porn there are scripts at various levels.'" * Gay & Lesbian Review *"Engaging and accessible. This volume can serve as an excellent introduction both to Escoffier's work and the broader scholarship on pornography (gay, straight, and trans)." * Gay & Lesbian Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Pornography and the History of Sexuality Chapter One - Pornography, Perversity and Sexual Revolution Chapter Two - Beefcake to Hardcore: Gay Pornography and Sexual Revolution Chapter Three - Sex in the Seventies: Gay Porn Cinema as an Archive for the History of Sexuality Chapter Four - Porn's Historical Unconscious: Sex, Identity and Everyday Life in the Films of Jack Deveau and Joe Gage Part II: Producing Sex: Sexual Scripts, Work and the Making of Pornography Chapter Five - Scripting the Sex: Fantasy, Narrative and Sexual Scripts in Pornographic Films Chapter Six - Gay-for-Pay: Straight Men and the Making of Gay Pornography Chapter Seven - The Wages for Wood: Do Female Performers in the Adult Film Industry Earn More than Male Performers Chapter Eight - Porn Star/Stripper/Escort: Economic and Sexual Dynamics in a Sex Work Career Chapter Nine - Trans Porn, Heterosexuality and Sexual Identity Epilogue: From the Secret Museum to the Digital Archives: Constructing the Sexual Imaginary Acknowledgements About the Author

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Book SynopsisBernd Schröder erschließt die Religionspädagogik unter fünf verschiedenen, methodisch reflektierten Perspektiven. Sein Lehrbuch entfaltet das Fach mit historischer Tiefenschärfe und unter vergleichender Wahrnehmung religiöser Erziehung in anderen Religionen (Judentum und Islam) und Ländern (England und Frankreich); er verbindet empirische Bestandsaufnahmen mit systematischer Konzept- und Begriffsentwicklung, ohne darüber sein handlungsorientierendes Interesse aus dem Blick zu verlieren.Auf diese Weise entsteht ein umfassendes Panorama religionspädagogischer Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze für die Lernorte Schule und Gemeinde, Medien und Familie sowie - erstmals explizit entfaltet - Öffentlichkeit. Religionspädagogik wird als theologische Disziplin profiliert, die mit ihrer unerlässlichen Methodenvielfalt an eine Fülle theologischer wie nicht-theologischer Disziplinen anschließt. Sie sichtet deren Erträge unter dem ihr eigenen Fokus auf Bildung aus christlicher, hier: evangelischer Perspektive, wertet sie kritisch aus und führt sie weiter zu einer integralen Theorie, die mannigfaltiges Handeln der Akteure bestimmt und orientiert.Die 2. Auflage bietet u.a. aktuelle empirische Daten und Analysen; zudem wurden etwa Abschnitte zu Heterogenität und Digitalität als Vorzeichen religiöser Bildung, zur Hochschuldidaktik, zur religiösen Bildung im Lebenslauf sowie Anleitungen für die Erarbeitung von Unterrichtsentwürfen in Schule und Gemeinde ergänzt.

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