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Author Strossen, Nadine.

Title Defending pornography : free speech, sex, and the fight for women's rights / Nadine Strossen.

Imprint New York ; London : New York University Press, 2000.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  363.47 S924D    Check Shelf
Edition 1st NYU Press pbk.
Description lvi, 320 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Foreword to the New Edition / Wendy Kaminer -- 1. The Sex Panic and the Feminist Split -- 2. Sexual Speech and the Law -- 3. The Fatally Flawed Feminist Antipornography Laws -- 4. The Growing Suppression of "Sexpression" -- 5. Revealing Views of Women, Men, and Sex -- 6. Defining Sexual Harassment: Sexuality Does Not Equal Sexism -- 7. "Different Strokes for Different Folks": The Panoply of Pornographic Imagination -- 8. Positive Aspects of Pornographic Imagery -- 9. Posing for Pornography: Coercion or Consent? -- 10. Would-Be Censors Subordinate Valuable Works to Their Agenda -- 11. Lessons from Enforcement: When the Powerful Get More Powerful -- 12. Why Censoring Pornography Would Not Reduce Discrimination or Violence against Women.
Subject Pornography -- Social aspects -- United States.
Feminism -- United States.
Feminist criticism -- United States.
Feminism. (OCoLC)fst00922671
Feminist criticism. (OCoLC)fst00922759
Pornography -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01071897
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
ISBN 0814781497 (paper ; alk. paper)
9780814781494 (paper ; alk. paper)
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