Governing Pleasures: Pornography and Social Change in England, 1815-1914

by Lisa Z. Sigel

Book Overview

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?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813530024
• ISBN13: 9780813530024
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.1"