To Deprave and Corrupt

Obscenity Battles in British Law and Culture

Catherine Scott (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

199 Seiten

2019
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7283-0 (ISBN)

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Thousands have run afoul of Britain's Obscene Publications Act--from Victorian erotica presses to 21st-century dominatrices. At a time when the internet has made sexually explicit material ubiquitous, why are British traditional media still regulated by a vaguely worded law from 1857?

This comprehensive analysis of obscenity in British culture explores what is considered obscene, who gets to decide, and how class, race and gender inform laws regarding adult content. The author describes how obscenity laws disproportionately affect the BDSM subculture, the LGBT community and feminist porn performers.

The late Catherine Scott was a freelance writer from Great Britain. She wrote for Ms. magazine, the Daily Telegraph and the Times Literary Supplement.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. The Current Situation

2. Then and Now

3. Won’t Somebody Please Think of the Children?!

4. A Very Great Mischief

5. 20th-Century Smut

6. Women Don’t Want That Sort of Thing

7. That Special Relationship

8. Shoving It Down Our Throats

9. Privilege and Platforms: Obscenity in the Modern World

Afterword

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	04.12.2018
Zusatzinfo	18 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	272 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Medienrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4766-7283-0 / 1476672830
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-7283-0 / 9781476672830
Zustand	Neuware