How to Do Things with Pornography

230 Pages·2015·1.245 MB·English

by  Nancy Bauer

how to do things with pornography

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Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, England
2015
Copyright © 2015 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
First Printing
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bauer, Nancy
How to do things with pornography / Nancy Bauer.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-674-05520-9
1. Pornography—Philosophy. 2. Sex—Philosophy. 3. Feminism—
Philosophy. I. Title.
HQ471.B294 2015
306.7701—dc23 2014042518
For maxwell anthony bauer cooper,
who has been very patient

Contents
Preface ix
1
Pornutopia 1
2
Lady Power 12
3
What Philosophy Can’t Teach Us about
Sexual Objectification 21
4
Beauvoir on the Allure of Self- Objectification 38
5
How to Do Things with Pornography 52
6
What Is to Be Done with Austin? 87
7
On Philosophical Authority 113
8
Getting Things Right 129
9
Reel Girls and Real Girls: What Becomes
of Women on Film? 155
Notes 169
Acknowledgments 199
Credits 203
Index 205