Author : Berkeley Kaite
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253115607
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (156 download)
Book Synopsis Pornography and Difference by : Berkeley Kaite
Download or read book Pornography and Difference written by Berkeley Kaite and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1995-11-22 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of pornographic magazine photographs -- softcore, hardcore, transsexual/transvestite -- analyzes the visual code of these images. It engages questions about masculinity and masculine sexuality such as "Is there a necessary relation between difference and phallic desire?" "Can the masculine subject imagine otherness?" "Is there a will-to-asceticism in this (masculine) sexual surrender to indifferentiation?"