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The Sadeian Woman : And the Ideology of Pornography
The Sadeian Woman And the Ideology of Pornography Author:Angela Carter Sexuality is power. So says the Marquis de Sade, philosopher and pornographer. His virtuous Justine, who keeps to the rules, is rewarded with rape and humiliation; his Juliette, Justine's triumphantly monstrous antithesis, viciously exploits her sexuality. — With brilliance and wit, Angela Carter takes on these outrageous figments of de Sade's ex... more »treme imagination and transforms them into symbols of our time: The Hollywood sex goddesses, mothers and daughters, pornography, even the sacred shrines of sex and marriage lie devastatingly exposed before our eyes.« less