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Violence and the Pornographic Imaginary: The Politics of Sex, Gender, and Aggression in Hardcore Pornography

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In this paper, the authors discuss the relationship between violence and the pornography Imaginary, and present a survey of contemporary pornography with a focus on women's empowerment and women's sexual politics.
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Selected Contents: Introduction: Violence and the Pornographic Imaginary 1. "Just Fantasy": Rethinking the Pornographic, the Fantastic, and the Real 2. Golden-Age Assaults: Heat and Hostility in 1970s Pornography 3. Romance and Rebellion: The Two Faces of 1980s Pornography 4. Expressive Bodies, Intense Encounters: Realism in 1990s Pornography 5. Banal Brutality: In Search of Extremes in 2000s Pornography 6. Sex, Gender, and Power: Aesthetics of Arousal in Contemporary Pornography 7. Body and Soul: Pleasure, Pain, and Self-Revelation in Today's Hardcore 8.Conclusion: Pornography, Feminism, and Tomorrow's Sexual Politics

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The Science Question in Feminism

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The Practice of Love, Lesbian Sexuality and Perverse Desire

Noreen O'Connor
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TL;DR: In this paper, Braidotti recommends the shifi to a 'nomadic' understanding of the subject as alone able to resist the potential'microfascism' of all 'hegemonies' whatever their size, and however local.
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