{"product_id":"the-feminist-porn-book-the-politics-of-producing-pleasure-paperback","title":"The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTristan Taormino\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eConstance Penley\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCeline Parrenas Shimizu\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis thrilling anthology celebrates the power of desire, bringing together personal essays, manifestos, and scholarly research, turning the spotlight on an industry where feminism is thriving.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Feminist Porn Book \u003c\/em\u003eweaves together writing by producers, actors, consumers, and scholars of feminist pornography, investigating not only how feminists understand pornography, but also how feminists \"do\" porn--that is, direct, act in, produce, and consume one of the world's most lucrative and growing industries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith original contributions by Susie Bright, Candida Royalle, Betty Dodson, Nina Hartley, Buck Angel, Lynn Comella, Jane Ward, Ariane Cruz, Kevin Heffernan, and more, \u003cem\u003eThe Feminist Porn Book\u003c\/em\u003e updates the arguments of the porn wars of the 1980s, which sharply divided the women's movement, and identifies pornography as a form of expression and labor in which women and racial and sexual minorities produce power and pleasure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I predict this volume is going to find its way onto the bedside tables of several generations of American women. . . . At the core of the book is the question: Can porn coexist with the principles of feminism? No matter how one ultimately adjudicates this question, \u003cem\u003eThe Feminist Porn Book\u003c\/em\u003e leaves no doubt about the inherent value in the inquiry itself.\" --Melissa Harris-Perry, author of \u003cem\u003eSister Citizen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTristan Taormino\u003c\/b\u003e is a sex educator, feminist pornographer, and the award-winning author of seven books including \u003ci\u003eThe Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOpening Up\u003c\/i\u003e. As head of Smart Ass Productions, she has directed and produced twenty-four adult films. She is the host of \"Sex Out Loud\" on The VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilmmaker and film scholar \u003cb\u003eCeline Parreñas Shimizu\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her books are \u003ci\u003eStraitjacket Sexualities\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Hypersexuality of Race\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2009 Cultural Studies Book Award from the Association for Asian American Studies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eConstance Penley\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of film and media studies and co-director of the Carsey-Wolf Center, University of California, Santa Barbara. A founding editor of \u003ci\u003eCamera Obscura\u003c\/i\u003e, her work includes \u003ci\u003eThe Future of an Illusion: Film, Feminism, and Psychoanalysis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNASA\/TREK: Popular Science and Sex in America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTeaching Pornography\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming), and influential collections \u003ci\u003eFeminism and Film Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMale Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTechnoculture\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMireille Miller-Young\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of feminist studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She researches and teaches about race, gender, and sexuality in popular culture and the sex industries. Her book, \u003ci\u003eA Taste for Brown Sugar: Black Women, Sex Work, and Pornography\u003c\/i\u003e (Duke University Press) examines African American women's sex work in the porn industry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.5 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 19, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lambda Literary Awards (2014)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771592048928,"sku":"9781558618183","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d66bbd79deb1a741b9bb1cbb9b7ecbc5.webp?v=1780389021","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-feminist-porn-book-the-politics-of-producing-pleasure-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}