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050 4 _aHQ472.C2B34 1997
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082 0 4 _a363.4/7/0971
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aBell, Shannon
_eautore
245 1 0 _aBad Attitude(s) on Trial :
_bPornography, Feminism, and the Butler Decision /
_cShannon Bell, Becki Ross, Lise Gotell, Brenda Cossman.
264 1 _aToronto :
_bUniversity of Toronto Press,
_c[1997]
264 4 _c©1997
300 _a1 online resource (274 p.)
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520 _aBad Attitude/s on Trial is a critical analysis of pornography in the context of contemporary Canada. The notion that pornography both reflects sexual domination and 'victimizes' women has recently found expression in law in the landmark Canadian Supreme Court decision of R. v. Butler (1992). Many feminists embrace this new law as progressive, but in the post-Butler years, straight, mainstream pornography is still flourishing, while sexual representations that challenge conventional notions of sexuality, such as those centering on gay and lesbian sex and s/m sex, are the focus of censorship. It is the censorship of sexual others that the authors critique from a legal, cultural, gay, and philosophical standpoint.Lise Gotell examines the intervention of the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) in the Butler decision and provides an overview of socio-legal debates on pornography and censorship. Brenda Cossman examines the Butler decision itself and challenges the dominant reading of this case as a feminist victory. Becki Ross critically examines the expert testimony she delivered in defense of Bad Attitude, an American lesbian sex magazine seized by police from Glad Day Bookshop in Toronto in 1992. She details the difficulties she encountered in explicating and contextualizing the specificities, nuances, and complexities of lesbian s/m fantasy in a court of law. In the final chapter, Shannon Bell advances a conception of pornography that is not distinguishable from philosophy, using philosophy to make pornography.Bad Attitude/s on Trial provides a new debate on pornography and feminism. It will be of particular interest to students of both women's, and gay and lesbian issues, but will also be relevant for scholars of law, political science, and philosophy, as well as for anyone interested in a different, provocative view of the Butler decision.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650 0 _aFeminism
_zCanada.
650 0 _aPornography
_xPolitical aspects
_zCanada.
650 0 _aPornography
_xSocial aspects
_zCanada.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
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700 1 _aCossman, Brenda
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700 1 _aGotell, Lise
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
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