Jones, Steve and Mowlabocus, Sharif (2009) Hard times and rough rides: the legal and ethical impossibilities of researching 'shock' pornographies. Sexualities, 12 (5). pp. 613-628. ISSN 1363-4607
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Abstract
This article explores the various ethical and legal limitations faced by researchers studying extreme or ‘ shock’ pornographies, beginning with generic and disciplinary contexts, and focusing specifically upon the assumption that textual analysis unproblematically justifies certain pornographies, while legal contexts utilize a prohibitive gaze. Are our academic freedoms of speech endangered by legislations that restrict our access to non-mainstream images, forcing them further into taboo locales? If so, is the ideological normalization of sexuality inextricable from our research methodologies? Simultaneously, can we justify researchers being allowed access to materials that are not deemed suitable for general consumption, which may further bolster normalized hierarchies of class-privilege and cultural capital?
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | legislation, horror, pornography |
| Subjects: | P300 Media studies |
| Department: | Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Design |
| Depositing User: | Steve Jones |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Nov 2012 12:16 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Dec 2023 13:45 |
| URI: | https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/9133 |
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