Pornography of Representation

Susanne Kappeler Lecturer in English at the University of East Anglia and works as a freelance writer and teacher in both England and Germany. She authored Reading and Writing in Henry James and was also co-editor of Teaching the Text.

'An undubitable success... Kappeler is clearly a writer whose work will always reward careful reading... the book will be of immense value to those involved in social theory, feminism and media studies.' Radical Philosophy 'A sharp, smart, confrontational work.Strong and unafraid, it illuminates the meaning of pornography to women and exposes the intellectual corruption of those who defend it. As a critique of culture, it is outstanding.' Andrea Dworkin'Kappeler does an excellent job of exposing the arguments of the liberal defenders of pornography'. The Media Education Journal'Opens up the pornography debate with a thought-provoking attack on all male-defined art.' City Limits

• Acknowledgements viiPreamble 1Problem 1 Fact and Fiction 5Problem 2 Human Rights 11Problem 3 Obscenity and Censorship 18Problem 4 Porn vs Erotica 35Problem 5 Subjects, Objects and Equal Opportunities 49Problem 6 Why Look at Women? 63Problem 7 Art and Pornography 82Problem 8 The Literary and the Production of Value 101Problem 9 The Book Business 123Problem 10 Playing in the Literary Sanctuary 133Problem 11 Collaboration 148Problem 12 Communication 167Problem 13 Sex/Sexuality 196Postscript 212Practical Perspectives 220Notes 223Index 239