DEFENDING PORNOGRAPHY

ISBN-13: 978-0-349-10765-3
Writer: Nadine Strossen
Title: Defending Pornography
Subtitle: Free Speech, Sex,and the Fight for Women's Rights
Language: English
Place of Publication: London
Publisher: Abacus, A Division of Little, Brown and Company (UK)
Year of Publication: 1996
Format: 135x199mm (trimmed)
Pages: 320
Illustrations: 10 black and white pictures
Cover photo: Jo Dietz from an ad for 'Libido: The Journal of Sex and Sensibility'
Binding: paperback in single colour printed wrappers
Weight: 266 gr.
Original Price: GBP 7.99
Entry Date: 2014013
Entry Date: 22^nd May 2014

BOOK DESCRIPTION

Defending Pornography offers a unique perspective on the pro-censorship crusade waged in recent years by a highly influential alliance of the American feminist movement and leading conservatives.

As one of America's most visible and articulate advocates of both feminism and free speech, and president of the American Civil Liberties Union, Nadine Strossen eloquently argues that to view sexuality and sexually oriented expression as inherently dangerous does profound damage to human rights in general, and to women's rights in particular.

In Strossen's eyes, women do not have to choose between speech and equality, between dignity and sexuality, between safety and 'our freedoms to read, think, speak, sing, write, paint, dance, dream, photograph, film, and fantasize as we wish' - but as she makes devastatingly clear, censorship continues to be used as a tool to repress information vital to female equality, health and reproductive autonomy.