Beyond Explicit: Pornography and the Displacement of Sex
Beyond Explicit: Pornography and the Displacement of Sex This original contribution to porn studies aims to interrogate previously untheorized changes in contemporary understandings of the…
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Beyond Explicit: Pornography and the Displacement of Sex
This original contribution to porn studies aims to interrogate previously untheorized changes in contemporary understandings of the pornographic. She suggests that we are witnessing a seemingly paradoxical move away from sex within contemporary understandings of porn, as a range of other factors come to influence the concept. Helen Hester argues that the words "porn" and "pornographic" are currently being applied to an ever-expanding range of material and that this change in language usage reflects a wider shift in perception.
She concludes that four factors in Using examples from media, literature, and culture, and discussing the rise of notions such as "torture porn" and "misery porn," Hester's argument ranges from sexually explicit German novels and British policy documents to a discussion of the differences between European and American editions of pornographic films.
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