Overview

International Exposure demonstrates the wealth of desires woven into the fabric of European history: desires about empire and nation, about self and other, about plenty and dearth. By documenting the diverse meanings of pornography, senior scholars from across disciplines show the ways that sexuality became central to the individual, to the nation, and to the transnational character of modern society. The ten essays in the volume engage a rich array of topics, including obscenity in the German states, censorship in France’s Third Republic, “she-male” internet porn, the rise of incestuous longings in England, the place of the Hungarian video revolution in the global market, and the politics of pornography in Russia. Taken together, the essays illustrate the latest approaches to content, readership, form, and delivery in modern European pornography. A substantial discussion of the broad history and state of the field complements the ten in-depth case studies that examine a wide range of sources from literature to magazines, video to the internet. By tackling the highbrow and lowdown of the pornographic form, this volume lays the groundwork for the next surge of studies in the field.

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Author:   Lisa Z. Sigel ,  John Phillips ,  Maryna Romanets ,  Eliot Borenstein
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.397kg
ISBN:  

9780813535197

ISBN 10:   0813535190
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   03 January 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction: Issues and Problems in the History of Pornography by Lisa Z. Sigel Wanderers, Entertainers, and Seducers: Making Sense of Obscenity Law in the German States, 1830—1851 by Sarah Leonard Censorship in Republican Times: Censorship and Pornographic Novels Located in L'Enfer de la Bibliotheque Nationale, 1800—1900 Annie Stora-Lamarre Anti-Abolition Writes Obscenity: The English Vice, Transatlantic Slavery, and England's Obscene Print Culture by Colette Colligan The Rise of the Overly Affectionate Family: Incestuous Pornography and Displaced Desire among the Edwardian Middle Class by Lisa Z. Sigel Old Wine in New Bottles? Literary Pornography in Twentieth-Century France by John Phillips A Perfectly British Business: Stagnation, Continuities, and Change on the Top Shelf by Clarissa Smith Global Traffic in Pornography: The Hungarian Example Katalin Szoverfy Milter and Joseph W. Slade Ideologies of the Second Coming in the Ukrainian Postcolonial Playground by Maryna Romanets Stripping the Nation Bare: Russian Pornography and the Insistence on Meaning by Eliot Borenstein Walking on the Wild Side: Shemale Internet Pornography by John Phillips Contributors  Index

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"""Situated on one's bookshelf, Sigel's anthology will fit nicely alongside other revisionist works on sex and sexuality..."" -- Lela Felter-Kerley, University of Florida * History: Reviews of New Books *"

This collection makes an important and pioneering contribution toward demonstrating the historically and culturally specific nature of pornography and erotica. -Lesley Hall, founding editor of H-Histsex Discussion Network for the History of Sexuality

Author Information

LISAZ. SIGEL is a visiting assistant professor of history at DePaul University and the author of Governing Pleasures: Pornography and Social Change in England, 1815–1914.

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