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Governing Pleasures: Pornography and Social Change in England, 1815-1914
Lisa Z. Sigel
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Description for Governing Pleasures: Pornography and Social Change in England, 1815-1914
Paperback. This work is a historical account of the production, distribution, and consumption of pornography in Great Britain from the early 19th century to the turn of the 20th century. Num Pages: 248 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFMP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
Governing Pleasures is a historical account of the production, distribution, and consumption of pornography in Great Britain from the early nineteenth century to the turn of the twentieth. Lisa Z. Sigel examines how pornography changed over time as a cultural and symbolic object in British society, and asks: What was considered pornographic? Who looked at pornography and read it? What sorts of messages did this medium transmit to both men and women? What was its thematic content, who controlled it, and how did these messages affect sexual and social dynamics?In contrast to recent ahistorical feminist assertions that pornography necessarily teaches ... Read more
Governing Pleasures is a historical account of the production, distribution, and consumption of pornography in Great Britain from the early nineteenth century to the turn of the twentieth. Lisa Z. Sigel examines how pornography changed over time as a cultural and symbolic object in British society, and asks: What was considered pornographic? Who looked at pornography and read it? What sorts of messages did this medium transmit to both men and women? What was its thematic content, who controlled it, and how did these messages affect sexual and social dynamics?In contrast to recent ahistorical feminist assertions that pornography necessarily teaches ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813530024
SKU
V9780813530024
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About Lisa Z. Sigel
Lisa Z. Sigel teaches history and women's studies at Millsaps College and DePaul University.
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