Pornography: Anthropological Perspectives on the Manufacture of Intimacy shows how pornography functions as a cultural object. This brief text discusses the history, distribution, boundaries, debates, style, and gender theory of pornography. By looking at pornography as an object, Pornography provides a window into society’s views on media, social movements, gender, morality, religion, and sexuality.

Pornography: Anthropological Perspectives on the Manufacture of Intimacy shows how pornography functions as a cultural object. This brief text discusses the history, distribution, boundaries, debates, style, and gender theory of pornography. By looking at pornography as an object, Pornography provides a window into society’s views on media, social movements, gender, morality, religion, and sexuality.