Blue Politics: Pornography and the Law in the Age of Feminism

by Dany Lacombe

In 1985 the Special Committee on Pornography and Prostitution, the Fraser Committee, recommended the criminalization of violent and degrading sexually explicit material on the ground that it harmed women. On two occasions (in 1986 with Bill C-114 and in 1987 with Bill C-54) the Mulroney government proposed a more restrictive approach to the regulation of pornography. Despite the support of various feminist and religious/family-oriented organizations,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802073522
• ISBN13: 9780802073525
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher