The Regulation of Sex-Themed Visual Imagery [electronic resource] : From Clay Tablets to Tablet Computers /
Eko, Lyombe.author.
Lyombe Eko carries out an historical and cultural survey of the regulation of visual depictions of explicit human sexual conduct from their earliest appearance on the clay tablets of the valley of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in ancient Mesopotamia, to the tablet computers of Silicon Valley. The Regulation of Sex-Themed Visual Imagery analyzes the contemporary problem of the applicability of the human right of freedom of expression to explicit imagery in the face of societal interests in the regulation of representations of human sexuality. This book will be of interest to scholars, students, and broad audiences interested in comparative studies in pornography regulation, the history of pornography, the law of pornography and obscenity, and visual culture and history alike.
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The Regulation of Sex-Themed Visual Imagery: From Clay Tablets to Tablet Computers ; Contents; Illustrations; Chapter 1: Sex-Themed Visual Imagery as Regulated Representations: From the Euphrates Valley to Silicon Valley; Part I: Theoretical and Historical Approaches; Chapter 2: Theoretical Approaches: Explicit Visual Sexual Imagery as Rule-Based Re-presentations; Chapter 3: Explicit, Sex-Themed Visual Imagery as Rule-Based Representations in the Ancient World: Babylon, Assyria, Egypt, and Ethiopia; Chapter 4: The Origins of Pornography: The Heterogeneous, Sex-Themed Art of Ancient Greece
Chapter 5: Explicit, Sex-Themed Visual Imagery as Regulated Representations in China and JapanChapter 6: Regulation of Sex-Themed Visual Imagery in India: From Entwinement of the Sacred and the Sensual to Emphasis on Karma; Chapter 7: Clash of Civilizations: Deterritorialization of Judeo-Christian "Legislative Texts" to the Greco-Roman Empire; Chapter 8: Explicit Visual Sexual Imagery as Regulated Representations during the Roman Empire, the Renaissance, and the Enlightenment; Chapter 9: Regulation of Sex-Themed Visual Imagery in the Muslim World: The Persian, Mughal, and Ottoman Empires
Part II: Regulation of Sex-Themed Visual Imagery: Continuity, Change, and the Legal TurnChapter 10: Regulation of Explicit Visual Sexual Imagery in the United States: The Tension between Agape and Eros; Chapter 11: Pedagogy of the Repressed: Sexual Liberation, Sexual Capitalism, and Freedom of Expression in the United States; Chapter 12: Sexual Capitalism, Organized Crime, and Explicit, Sex-Themed Visual Imagery: The Deep Throat Cases; Chapter 13: Portrayal of Government Workers in Explicit, Sex-Themed Visual Imagery: First Amendment Issues
Chapter 14: Explicit, Sex-Themed Visual Imagery and Intellectual Property LawPart III: International and Comparative Approaches to the Regulation of Explicit, Sex-Themed Visual Imagery; Chapter 15: Sex-Themed Visual Imagery, Freedom of Expression, and Women's Rights: American and Canadian Approaches; Chapter 16: Regulation of Online Pedopornography (Child Pornography) in the United States and France; Chapter 17: Epilogue: Looking Back and Looking Forward: Sexting and Revenge Porn; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Lyombe Eko carries out an historical and cultural survey of the regulation of visual depictions of explicit human sexual conduct from their earliest appearance on the clay tablets of the valley of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in ancient Mesopotamia, to the tablet computers of Silicon Valley. The Regulation of Sex-Themed Visual Imagery analyzes the contemporary problem of the applicability of the human right of freedom of expression to explicit imagery in the face of societal interests in the regulation of representations of human sexuality. This book will be of interest to scholars, students, and broad audiences interested in comparative studies in pornography regulation, the history of pornography, the law of pornography and obscenity, and visual culture and history alike.
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