Degradation: What the History of Obscenity Tells Us about Hate Speech

by Kevin W. Saunders

Throughout history obscenity has not really been about sex but about degradation. Sexual depictions have been suppressed when they were seen as lowering the status of humans, furthering our distance from the gods or God and moving us toward the animals. In the current era, when we recognize ourselves and both humans and animals, sexual depiction has lost some of its sting. Its degrading role has been replaced by hate speech that distances groups,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814741444
• ISBN13: 9780814741443
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"