Beyond Explicit: Pornography and the Displacement of Sex

by Helen Hester

Book Overview

This original contribution to porn studies aims to interrogate previously untheorized changes in contemporary understandings of the pornographic. 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 suggests that we are witnessing a seemingly paradoxical move away from sex within contemporary understandings...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438449615
• ISBN13: 9781438449616
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"