Pornography and Difference

Name: Pornography and Difference
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ISBN: 9780253329073

ISBN-10: 0253329078

ISBN-13: 9780253329073

Edition: 1995

Authors: Berkeley Kaite

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The graphic genital display, the come-hither look, the spike-heel shoe, and the pearl necklace, lace and leather, are all enduring features of contemporary "straight" pornography. At first blush, these objects and representations are feminine in their use and their symbolism. They appear marked as (female) "difference." However, this book argues that the pornographic body and fetish object depend upon difference as a discursive ploy. Far from being fixed in symbolic and linguistic otherness, the female models are dressed up in a masculine vocabulary. In pornography, the boundaries between masculinity and femininity are transgressed rather than reinforced. This study of pornographic magazine…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 12/1/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 191
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Introduction



Pornography and Desire



Sexual Techniques



The Gaze



The Shoe



Jewelry and Lingerie


Conclusion: Close, Obviously, but No Cigar


Notes


Bibliography


Index