Judging Obscenity

A Critical History of Expert Evidence

Autor: Christopher Nowlin

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In "Judging Obscenity", Christopher Nowlin examines expert evidence in North American obscenity tria...

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Autor

Christopher Nowlin

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2003

Pagini

304

EAN

9780773525382

ISBN

0773525386

Enbook ID

04918131

Editura

McGill-Queen's University Press

Greutate

500

Dimensiuni

152 x 229 x 19

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In "Judging Obscenity", Christopher Nowlin examines expert evidence in North American obscenity trials and reveals how little consensus there is among those who purport to know best about the nature of artistic representation, human sexuality, and the psychological and behavioral effects of reading, writing, or watching explicit sexual narratives and imagery. He demonstrates that these communities of experts are divided on such questions as, Can a novel or film be both high art and obscene? and, Is the world of heterosexual pornography categorically different from the worlds of gay and lesbian pornography? He observes that the ideas of an 'average' psychological or behavioral response to a story or an image and the 'community' standard of decency or tolerance are outmoded myths that elude all attempts at careful measurement.Nowlin concludes that lack of agreement among experts, for example, as to how and why some sexually explicit imagery titillates or pleases some people, while disgusting or demeaning others, can no longer be viewed simply in terms of moral, religious, or even political predilections. "Judging Obscenity" traces the way freedom of speech and the right to equality have taken shape within the worlds of pornographic expression and consumption and provides a historical glimpse of changing views about literature and art, as well as a critical examination of the nature of social science research in matters of human sexuality, media-response and sexual expression.

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