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Book SynopsisThis collection of new and classic writings about the sex industry asks us to think about the differences between our society's treatment of prostitution and pornography, while investigating how liberalism deals with the sex industry in general.
Trade Review"Jessica Spector has compiled the most challenging and thorough volume yet on philosophic themes surrounding the vexed questions of pornography and prostitution. Focusing on the very different ways in which we regard—and discipline—prostitution and pornography, the book raises fundamental questions about important ethical questions as well as questions of freedom, social responsibility, and self-identity. This will be a seminal work in the field." -- Drew A. Hyland
"As its title suggests, this is a collection of essays about two of the main arms of the sex industry: prostitution and pornography. It would be an excellent text for an advanced undergraduate or graduate class on the issue, as well as for anyone interested in probing the issues that sex work poses in the debate between radical feminists, who question both the autonomy of the choice of prostitution and the expression value of pornograhy, and the liberal feminists, who tend to defend proostitution as a viable economic choice for women and champion pornography for its expression value and promotion of diversity of lifestyles." --
Philosophy in Review/Comptes Rendus Philosophiques"This unique, valuable collection offers various perspectives within the liberal feminist discussions of pornography and prostitution." *
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Table of ContentsTable Of Contents Introduction Jessica Spector "Introduction: Sex, Money, and Philosophy" I. Critiques of the Sex Industry Ch.1 Vednita Carter and Evelina Giobbe "Duet: Prostitution, Racism, and Feminist Discourse" Ch. 2 Christine Stark "Stripping as a System of Prostitution" Ch.3 Carol Pateman "What's Wrong with Prostitution?" Ch.4 Catharine MacKinnon "Equality and Speech" Ch.5 Margaret A.Baldwin "Split at the Root: Prostitution and Feminist Discourses of Law Reform" II. Liberalism and Prostitution Ch.6 Norma Jean Almodovar "Porn Stars, Radical Feminists, Cops and Outlaw Whores: The Battle Between Feminist Theory and Reality, Free Spirits and Free Speech" Ch.7 Martha Nussbaum "'Whether From Reason or Prejudice': Taking Money for Bodily Services" Ch.8 Sibyl Schwarzenbach "Contractarians and Feminists Debate Prostitution" Ch.9 Laurie Shrage "Prostitution and the Case for Decriminalization" III. Liberalism and Pornography Ch.10 Theresa Reed "Private Acts vs. Public Art: Where Prostitution Ends and Pornography Begins" Ch.11 Joshua Cohen "Freedom, Equality, Pornography" Ch.12 Ronald Dworkin "Women and Pornography" Ch.13 Laura Kipnis "Disgust and Desire: Hustler Magazine" IV. The Limits of Liberalism Ch.14 Tracy Quan "The Name of the Pose: A Sex Worker by Any Other Name" Ch.15 Julian Marlowe "Thinking Outside the Box: Men in the Sex Industry" Ch.16 Scott Anderson "Sexual Autonomy and Prostitution: Making Sense of the Prohibition of Prostitution" Ch.17 Debra Satz "Markets in Women's Sexual Labor" Ch.18 Jessica Spector "Obscene Division: Feminist Liberalism's Treatment of Prostitution and Pornography" Notes Bibliography Index
