Pornography

• 19 december 2019
• 9783631792636

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The present volume offers insight into the interdisciplinary field of porn studies and shows how topics in this field can be approached. In addition, results from different disciplines are provided to highlight the necessity of more intense and detailed study about pornographic media.

Pornography can tell us many things about a society, when it is seriously considered as a topic for scientific research. The present volume offers interdisciplinary perspectives on the subject and shows how pornography can be studied and what we can learn from such studies, e.g., about the construction of gender roles and their representation in pornographic media. Specialists from different fields provide insight into their approach towards the scientific study of pornography and thereby highlight that serious research on pornographic content from different time periods offers valuable findings about older and modern societies alike.