Pornographic Art and the Aesthetics of Pornography [electronic resource] /
Maes, H.editor.
What happens when art and pornography meet? By providing a plurality of disciplinary approaches and theoretical perspectives this essay collection will give the reader a fuller and deeper understanding of the commonalities and frictions between artistic and pornographic representations.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Notes on the Contributors""; ""Introduction                   ""; ""Part I Art or Porn: Clear Division or False Dilemma?                                                           ""; ""1 Pornography, Art and Porno-Art                                       ""; ""2 Exclusivism and Evaluation: Art, Erotica and Pornography                                                                 ""; ""3 A Pornographic Way of Seeing                                     ""
""Part II The Aesthetics of Pornography: Philosophical and Ethical Considerations                                                                                      """"4 Pornography and Acting                               ""; ""5 The Fictional Character of Pornography                                               ""; ""6 Image Economies and the Erotic Life of the Unlovely                                                            ""
""Part III The Aesthetics of Pornography: Historical and Cultural Perspectives                                                                                   """"7 Before Pornography: Sexual Representation in Ancient Roman Visual Culture                                                                                  ""; ""8 Sheela-na-gig Again: The Birth of a New Style from the Spirit of Pornography                                                                                     ""
""9 Aestheticizing Pornography for the 21st-century Academy: Pedagogy as Ars Erotica or Scientia Sexualis?                                                                                                               """"Part IV Pornographic Art: Critical Explorations                                                      ""; ""10 Clean Feet and Dirty Dancing: The Erotic Pas de Deux and Boys in the Sand                                                                                   ""; ""11 The Pornography of Death                                  ""
""12 Porno-Graphic: Why Words Matter in Fiona Bannerâ€?s Arsewoman in Wonderland                                                                                   """"Part V Pornographic Art: Theory in Practice                                                  ""; ""13 A Queer Balance: Power Relations in Homosexual Representations and in Choosing Flowers                                                                                                ""
""14 The Fluidity of Acceptability: Seduced by Art and Pornography and the Kinsey Institute Collection                                                                                                           ""
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
What happens when art and pornography meet? By providing a plurality of disciplinary approaches and theoretical perspectives this essay collection will give the reader a fuller and deeper understanding of the commonalities and frictions between artistic and pornographic representations.
Aesthetics.
Fine arts.
Ethics.
Mass media.
Communication.
Aesthetics.
Fine Arts.
Ethics.
Media Sociology.