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Book SynopsisThis book marks a radical and powerful intervention in traditional arguments about pornography. Kappeler re--examines the artistic distinctions between fantasy and reality, pornography and erotica, and challenges the legal definition of obscenity as well as the intellectual defence of a freedom of expressiona .
Trade Review'An undubitable success... Kappeler is clearly a writer whose work will always reward careful reading... the book will be of immense value to those involved in social theory, feminism and media studies.'
Radical Philosophy 'A sharp, smart, confrontational work.Strong and unafraid, it illuminates the meaning of pornography to women and exposes the intellectual corruption of those who defend it. As a critique of culture, it is outstanding.' Andrea Dworkin
'Kappeler does an excellent job of exposing the arguments of the liberal defenders of pornography'. The Media Education Journal
'Opens up the pornography debate with a thought-provoking attack on all male-defined art.' City Limits
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements vii
Preamble 1
Problem 1 Fact and Fiction 5
Problem 2 Human Rights 11
Problem 3 Obscenity and Censorship 18
Problem 4 Porn vs Erotica 35
Problem 5 Subjects, Objects and Equal Opportunities 49
Problem 6 Why Look at Women? 63
Problem 7 Art and Pornography 82
Problem 8 The Literary and the Production of Value 101
Problem 9 The Book Business 123
Problem 10 Playing in the Literary Sanctuary 133
Problem 11 Collaboration 148
Problem 12 Communication 167
Problem 13 Sex/Sexuality 196
Postscript 212
Practical Perspectives 220
Notes 223
Index 239
