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On Pornography

Literature, Sexuality and Obscenity Law

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  • © 1993

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Authors:
  1. Ian Hunter

    1. Division of Humanities, Griffith University, Australia

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  2. David Saunders

    1. Division of Humanities, Griffith University, Australia

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  3. Dugald Williamson

    1. Division of Humanities, Griffith University, Australia

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Part of the book series: Language, Discourse, Society (LDS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages iii-xiii
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  2. An Introduction

    • Ian Hunter, David Saunders, Dugald Williamson
    Pages 1-11

  3. The Pornographic Field

    • Ian Hunter, David Saunders, Dugald Williamson
    Pages 12-56

  4. Nineteenth-Century English Obscenity Law

    • Ian Hunter, David Saunders, Dugald Williamson
    Pages 57-91

  5. Literary Erotics

    • Ian Hunter, David Saunders, Dugald Williamson
    Pages 92-134

  6. Twentieth-Century English Obscenity Law

    • Ian Hunter, David Saunders, Dugald Williamson
    Pages 135-161

  7. The Limits of Law Reform

    • Ian Hunter, David Saunders, Dugald Williamson
    Pages 162-197

  8. United States Obscenity Law

    • Ian Hunter, David Saunders, Dugald Williamson
    Pages 198-228

  9. Feminism and Law Reform

    • Ian Hunter, David Saunders, Dugald Williamson
    Pages 229-246

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 247-290
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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.

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  • Division of Humanities, Griffith University, Australia

    Ian Hunter, David Saunders, Dugald Williamson

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