Democracy and Pornography: on Speech, Rights, Privacies, and Pleasures in Conflict

Author

Margret Grebowicz, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow

Abstract

This article investigates the intersections of secrecy/interiority, the state, and speech/expression, and their implications for the rights of women. I propose a critique of commercial pornography that reanimates MacKinnon's claim that pornography and American democracy are in a relationship of mutual reinforcement, and incorporates poststructuralist (Lyotard, Baudrillard, and Butler) commitments to secrecy and unintelligibility, as well as their role in the production of pleasure. © by Hypatia, Inc.

Recommended Citation

Grebowicz, M. (2011). Democracy and Pornography: on Speech, Rights, Privacies, and Pleasures in Conflict. Hypatia, 26(1), pp. 150-165. Cambridge University Press.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.2010.01123.x

Department(s)

Arts, Languages, and Philosophy

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

1527-2001; 0887-5367

Document Type

Article - Journal

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Citation

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text

Language(s)

English

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Publication Date

01 Dec 2011