The Pornography of Representation - Feminist Perspectives

Susanne Kappeler

Paperback (19 Jun 1986)

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This book marks a radical and powerful intervention in traditional arguments about pornography. Kappeler re--examines the artistic distinctions between fantasy and reality, pornography and erotica, and challenges the legal definition of obscenity as well as the intellectual defence of a freedom of expressiona .

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ISBN:	9780745601229
Publisher:	Polity Press
Imprint:	Polity Press
Pub date:	19 Jun 1986
Language:	English
Number of pages:	256
Weight:	342g
Height:	140mm
Width:	217mm
Spine width:	17mm