ENGLISH

On Pornography: Literature, Sexuality and Obscenity Law

By David Saunders , Ian Hunter , Dugald Williamson (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
1993
ISBN
978-0-333-39896-8, 978-1-349-22417-3
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-22417-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
32 MB (33464876 bytes)
Series
Language, Discourse, Society
Edition
1
Pages
XIV, 290\302
Time added
2017-06-25 01:07:36
Ethics;Sexual Behavior;Criminal Law

Description

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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