Join BookitisSave favorites, build lists, and follow creators.

Bad attitude/s on trial

Work detail

Bookitis Pick
Cover for Bad attitude/s on trial
BA
Image source: Open Library
Brenda CossmanLise GotellBecki RossBrenda CossmanShannon Bell5 editions

Bad Attitude/s on Trial is a critical analysis of pornography in the context of contemporary Canada. The notion that pornography both reflects sexual domination and 'victimizes' women has recently found expression in law in the landmark Canadian Supreme Court decision of R. v. Butler (1992). Many feminists embrace this new law as progressive, but in the post-Butler years, straight, mainstream pornography is still flourishing, while sexual representations that challenge conventional notions of sexuality, such as those centring on gay and lesbian sex and s/m sex, are the focus of censorship. It is the censorship of sexual others that the authors critique from a legal, cultural, gay, and philosophical standpoint. . Bad Attitude/s on Trial provides a new debate on pornography and feminism. It will be of particular interest to students of both women's and gay and lesbian issues, but will also be relevant for scholars of law, political science, and philosophy, as well as for anyone interested in a different, provocative view of the Butler decision.

Overview

Shared work-level identity and catalog context.

5 credited authorsSearch language english

Bookitis keeps work pages focused on the shared book identity and the editions that actually belong to it. Unrelated books should not appear here as primary content.

Contributors

People credited with this work in the active catalog.

  • Brenda Cossman

    Author profile in the active Bookitis catalog

    Open Author
  • Lise Gotell

    Author profile in the active Bookitis catalog

    Open Author
  • Becki Ross

    Author profile in the active Bookitis catalog

    Open Author
  • Brenda Cossman

    Author profile in the active Bookitis catalog

    Open Author
  • Shannon Bell

    Author profile in the active Bookitis catalog

    Open Author

Editions

Publication-specific versions linked to this work only.