New Views on Pornography: Sexuality, Politics, and the Law

474 Pages·2015·3.695 MB·English

by  Lynn Comella, Shira Tarrant

New Views on Pornography

New Views on Pornography
Sexuality, Politics, and the Law
Lynn Comella and Shira Tarrant, Editors
Copyright © 2015 by Lynn Comella and Shira Tarrant
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New views on pornography : sexuality, politics, and the law / Lynn Comella
and Shira Tarrant, editors.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4408-2805-8 (print : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4408-2806-5
(e-book) 1. Pornography—United States. 2. Sex—United States. I. Comella, Lynn.
II. Tarrant, Shira, 1963–
HQ472.U6N485 2015
363.4’70973—dc23 2014028964
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Contents
SECTION I: FOUNDATIONS AND CONTROVERSIES
Introduction 3
1. Pornography and the First Amendment Right to Free Speech 9
Kimberly A. Harchuck
2. Seen as a Business: Adult Film’s Historical Framework
and Foundations 37
Kevin Heffernan
3. Clashing at Barnard’s Gates: Understanding the Origins
of the Pornography Problem in the Modern American
Women’s Movement 57
Carolyn Bronstein
4. Antiporn Agendas: Feminism, Internet Filtering,
and Religious Strategies 77
Christopher Boulton
5. Strange Bedfellows: Black Feminism and Antipornography
Feminism 97
Jennifer C. Nash
6. Porn Again Christian? Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill Church,
and the Pornification of the Pulpit 125
Jessica Johnson
vi Contents
7. Queer Smut, Queer Rights 147
Whitney Strub
8. Steamy, Hot, and Political: Creating Radical Dyke Porn 165
Shar Rednour and Jackie Strano
9. Good Vibrations, Women, and Porn: A History 179
Carol Queen
10. Trade Associations, Industry Legitimacy, and Corporate
Responsibility in Pornography 191
Georgina Voss
11. When Species Meat: Confronting Bestiality Pornography 217
Margret Grebowicz
12. Responding to Revenge Porn: Challenges to Online
Legal Impunity 233
Michael Salter and Thomas Crofts
SECTION II: CULTURAL ISSUES AND EFFECTS
13. Interpreting the Data: Assessing Competing Claims in
Pornography Research 257
Ronald Weitzer
14. Why Do People Watch Porn? Results from PornResearch.Org 277
Clarissa Smith, Martin Barker, and Feona Attwood
15. Pornography and Effects Studies: What Does the Research
Actually Say? 297
Andy Ruddock
16. “She’s Totally Faking It!”: The Politics of Authentic Female
Pleasure in Pornography 319
Emily E. Crutcher
17. Lust, Love, and Life: A Qualitative Study of Swedish Adolescents’
Perceptions and Experiences with Pornography 335
Lotta Löfgren-Mårtenson and Sven-Axel Månsson
18. Race and the Politics of Agency in Porn: A Conversation
with Black BBW Performer Betty Blac 359
Mireille Miller-Young
Contents vii
19. Positively Fat and Queer: An Interview with Indie Porn
Insider Courtney Trouble 371
Lynn Comella
20. Bare-ing Witness: Bareback Porn and the Ethics of Watching 381
Gregory Storms
21. Ambient XXX: Pornography in Public Spaces 395
Ryan Bowles Eagle
22. Pornography and Pedagogy: Teaching Media Literacy 417
Shira Tarrant
23. The Science and Politics of Sex Addiction Research 431
Nicole Prause and Timothy Fong
About the Editors and Contributors 447
Index 457

Section I
Foundations and Controversies