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Degradation: What the History of Obscenity Tells Us about Hate Speech
Degradation What the History of Obscenity Tells Us about Hate Speech
Author: Kevin Saunders
Throughout history obscenity has not really been about sex but about degradation. Sexual depictions have been suppressed when they were seen as lowering the status of humans, furthering our distance from the gods or God and moving us toward the animals. In the current era, when we recognize ourselves and both humans and animals, sexual depictio...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780814741443
ISBN-10: 0814741444
Publication Date: 1/18/2011
Pages: 256
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Publisher: NYU Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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