Carolyn Bronstein

Battling Pornography (eBook, ePUB)

The American Feminist Anti-Pornography Movement, 1976-1986

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Produktbeschreibung

Pornography catapulted to the forefront of the American women's movement in the 1980s. In Battling Pornography, Carolyn Bronstein locates the origins of anti-pornography sentiment in the turbulent social and cultural history of the late 1960s and 1970s. Based on extensive original archival research, the book reveals that the seeds of the movement were planted by groups who protested the proliferation of advertisements, Hollywood films and other mainstream media that glorified sexual violence. Over time, feminist leaders redirected the emphasis from violence to pornography to leverage rhetorical power. Battling Pornography presents a fascinating account of the rise and fall of this significant American social movement and documents the contributions of influential activists on both sides of the pornography debate, including some of the best-known American feminists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139062619
• Artikelnr.: 37870336

Autorenporträt

Carolyn Bronstein is Associate Professor of Media Studies in the College of Communication at DePaul University. Her research investigates questions of media representation and social responsibility, with an emphasis on gender, and her work has been published in such journals as Violence against Women, Camera Obscura and Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly. She is co-editor of Responsible Advocacy: Ethics in Public Relations (2006).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. Seeds of discontent: the failed promise of the sexual
revolution for women; 2. Male violence and the critique of heterosexuality:
the influence of radical feminism on the anti-pornography movement; 3. Have
you seen Deep Throat yet?: the growth of the commercial sex industry in
1970s America; 4. 'I'm black and blue from the Rolling Stones and I love
it!': WAVAW and the campaign against media violence; 5. Something inside me
just went 'click': women against violence in pornography and media and the
transition to an anti-pornography movement; 6. Growing pains: the emergence
of Women Against Pornography and new directions for the feminist
anti-pornography movement; 7. Porn tours: tensions and triumphs for WAP; 8.
The new lay of the land: WAP assumes leadership of the movement and faces
challenges from within and without; 9. Anti-pornography comes undone: the
rise of the feminist pro-sex countermovement; Conclusion: porn is here to
stay: the feminist anti-pornography movement in the 1980s and beyond.