| Title:
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ON PORNOGRAPHY
LITERATURE, SEXUALITY AND OBSCENITY LAW |
| By: |
Ian Hunter |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0333398963 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780333398968 |
| Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
20 November, 1992 |
| Series: |
Language, Discourse, Society |
| Pages: |
290 |
| Description: |
The policing of pornography remains the subject of widespread controversy. This book provides a history of this policing which demonstrates that obscenity law cannot be understood negatively as censorship but must be seen as part of the positive administration of a practice of sexuality. |
| Synopsis: |
The policing of pornography remains a subject of widespread controversy. On Pornography provides a history of this policing and an understanding of the current debate. The authors show that obscenity law should not be understood negatively as censorship but as part of the positive administration of a particular practice of sexuality. This book indicates that obscenity law is not, as liberals claim, a mistaken attempt to police moral ideas, but rather forms part of the legitimate governmental regulation of a problematic social conduct. |
| Illustrations: |
biography |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |