Pornography and Difference
Author | : Berkeley Kaite |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1995-11-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 0253115604 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780253115607 |
Rating | : 4/5 (607 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Pornography and Difference by : Berkeley Kaite
Download or read book Pornography and Difference written by Berkeley Kaite and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1995-11-22 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of pornographic magazine photographs -- softcore, hardcore, transsexual/transvestite -- analyzes the visual code of these images. It engages questions about masculinity and masculine sexuality such as "Is there a necessary relation between difference and phallic desire?" "Can the masculine subject imagine otherness?" "Is there a will-to-asceticism in this (masculine) sexual surrender to indifferentiation?"