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Social Science Pornography

Power Surge

Sex, Violence and Pornography

by (author) Susan G. Cole

Publisher
Second Story Press
Initial publish date
Sep 1995
Category
Pornography, Violence in Society, Gender Studies
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780929005782
    Publish Date
    Sep 1995
    List Price
    $15.95

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A frank collection that bucks the backlash against feminist ideas. With a twist on Lesbian Chic, Madonna and other icons, Cole analyzes the many forms of violence against women.

About the author

Susan G. Cole is a political and cultural activist, author, and editor. She was instrumental in organizing Nightwood Theatreâ??s 5-Minute Feminist Cabaret in its early years and appeared as both performer and host. Nightwood produced A Fertile Imagination, her groundbreaking play about two lesbians trying to have a baby, in 1991. Susan has written two books on violence against women, Pornography and the Sex Crisis and Power Surge (both published by Second Story Press), and continues to lecture on the subject. She also has a regular column in the Canadian feminist magazine Herizons and is currently the senior entertainment and books editor at NOW Magazine in Toronto. She lives with her partner Leslie Chudnovsky in Toronto.

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