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Social Science Pornography

Ideology and Public Policy

The Case Against Pornography

by (author) Dany Lacombe

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1988
Category
Pornography, Conservatism & Liberalism, Social Aspects, Social Policy
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780920059449
    Publish Date
    Jan 1988
    List Price
    $24.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442602670
    Publish Date
    Jan 1988
    List Price
    $14.95

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The study of pornography is used here for the first time to demonstrate the role of the state in manipulating 'social problems' through moral panic. The book examines critically the views of the various interest groups involved in the debate over pornography. Alongside the puritanism of conservatives and the laissez-faire attitude of liberals, a feminist critique of sexuality in patriarchal culture has now been developed, one in danger of being co-opted by the same repressive patriarchal culture.

About the author

Dany Lacombe is Professor of Sociology at Simon Fraser University

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