Academic study of pornography
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| + | "[[Pornography]] is the royal road to the [[Cultural psychology |cultural psyche]]." --''[[Bound and Gagged: Pornography and the Politics of Fantasy in America|Bound And Gagged]]'' (1996) [[Laura Kipnis]] | ||
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| - | In [[American academia]] since the [[late 20th century]], the theory of [[pornography]] has been far more predominant than in previous decades. James Atlas was one of the first to point out the trend in a 1999 article on the subject, which includes an interview with [[Linda Williams]]. | + | '''Academic study of pornography''' concerns the study of [[pornography]] in accordance with the [[scientific method]]. |
| - | ==List of researchers== | + | |
| - | *[[Laura Kipnis]] | + | It became popular in [[American academia]] in the [[late 20th century]]. [[James Atlas]] was one of the first to point out the trend in a 1999 article on the subject, which included an interview with [[Linda Williams (film scholar)|Linda Williams]], who is known for an early study in this field, ''[[Hard Core: Power, Pleasure]]'' (1989). |
| - | *[[Brian McNair]] | + | ==List of researchers and publications== |
| - | *[[Linda Williams]] | + | |
| - | ==Linda Williams== | + | * "[[Pornography and Obscenity]]" (1929) by D. H. Lawrence |
| + | * ''[[The Nude]]'' (1956) by Kenneth Clark | ||
| + | * ''[[The Other Victorians]]'' (1964) by Steven Marcus | ||
| + | * "[[The Pornographic Imagination]]” (1967) by Susan Sontag | ||
| + | * ''[[The Longford Report]]'' (1972) by various | ||
| + | * ''[[Ways of Seeing]]'' (1972) by John Berger | ||
| + | * ''[[Against Our Will]]'' (1975) by Susan Brownmiller | ||
| + | * ''[[The Erotic Arts]]'' (1975) by Peter Webb | ||
| + | *''[[Hard Core: Power, Pleasure]]'' (1989) by Linda Williams | ||
| + | *''[[Bound and Gagged: Pornography and the Politics of Fantasy in America]]'' (1996) by Laura Kipnis | ||
| + | *''[[Mediated Sex]]'' (1996) by Brian McNair | ||
| + | *''[[Art/Porn: A History of Seeing and Touching]]'' (2009) by Kelly Dennis | ||
| + | *''[[Art & Pornography: Philosophical Essays]]'' (2012) by Hans Maes and Jerrold Levinson | ||
| + | *''[[Pornographic Art and the Aesthetics of Pornography]]'' (2013) by Hans Maes | ||
| - | Linda Williams is drawn to film genres that some might characterize as [[lowbrow]] — among them [[melodrama]] and [[pornography]], genres which she calls [[body genre]]s. She has been regarded as something of an authority on the latter subject since 1989, when she published [[Hard Core: Power, Pleasure|Hard Core: Power, Pleasure, and the “Frenzy of the Visible,”]] a book that details and analyzes the history and forms of moving-image pornography and ''[[Porn Studies]]'' (2004). She has also made appearances in three documentary films: ''[[Pornography: A Secret History of Civilisation]]'' (1999), ''[[Inside Deep Throat]]'' (2005) and ''[[American Stag]]'' (2006). She coined the term [[body genre]]. | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| - | *[[paracinema]] | + | *[[Body genre]] |
| + | *[[Deviant modernism]] | ||
| + | *[[Paracinema]] | ||
| + | *[[Pornographic art]] | ||
| + | *[[Pornosophy]] | ||
| + | *[[Pornotopia]] | ||
| + | *[[Porn/art debate]] | ||
| + | *''[[Porn Studies]]'', journal | ||
| + | *[[History of erotica]] | ||
| + | *[[Erotica vs. pornography debate]] | ||
| + | *[[Scientia sexualis]] | ||
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Academic study of pornography concerns the study of pornography in accordance with the scientific method.
It became popular in American academia in the late 20th century. James Atlas was one of the first to point out the trend in a 1999 article on the subject, which included an interview with Linda Williams, who is known for an early study in this field, Hard Core: Power, Pleasure (1989).
List of researchers and publications
- "Pornography and Obscenity" (1929) by D. H. Lawrence
- The Nude (1956) by Kenneth Clark
- The Other Victorians (1964) by Steven Marcus
- "The Pornographic Imagination” (1967) by Susan Sontag
- The Longford Report (1972) by various
- Ways of Seeing (1972) by John Berger
- Against Our Will (1975) by Susan Brownmiller
- The Erotic Arts (1975) by Peter Webb
- Hard Core: Power, Pleasure (1989) by Linda Williams
- Bound and Gagged: Pornography and the Politics of Fantasy in America (1996) by Laura Kipnis
- Mediated Sex (1996) by Brian McNair
- Art/Porn: A History of Seeing and Touching (2009) by Kelly Dennis
- Art & Pornography: Philosophical Essays (2012) by Hans Maes and Jerrold Levinson
- Pornographic Art and the Aesthetics of Pornography (2013) by Hans Maes
See also
- Body genre
- Deviant modernism
- Paracinema
- Pornographic art
- Pornosophy
- Pornotopia
- Porn/art debate
- Porn Studies, journal
- History of erotica
- Erotica vs. pornography debate
- Scientia sexualis
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