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Ferguson argues that the emergence of pornography as a literary phenomenon in Western culture can be tied to the development of utilitarian philosophy. He contends ...Read More

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    Pornography first developed in western Europe during the late eighteenth century in tandem with the rise of utilitarianism, the philosophical position that stresses the importance of something's usefulness over its essence. Through incisive readings of Sade, Flaubert, Lawrence, and Bret Easton Ellis, Frances Ferguson here shows how pornographyâ??like utilitarian social structuresâ??diverts our attention from individual identities to actions and renders more clearly the social value of such actions through concrete literary representations.

  • 0226243214
  • 9780226243214
  • F Ferguson
  • 4 May 2004
  • Chicago University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 208
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