Women's encounters with pornographic texts: encoding/decoding and resistance: a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Media Studies, Massey University

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Women's encounters with pornographic texts: encoding/decoding and resistance: a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Media Studies, Massey University

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Massey University

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The aim of the present study was to undertake audience research (from within the cultural studies paradigm) into ways that women watch pornography. Given that the dominant position within feminism towards pornography has been anti-pornography pro-censorship, the debate surrounding pornography within feminism has concentrated on harm-based analysis. My research is an attempt to address this imbalance, focusing instead on the possibilities of pleasure in pornographic imagery, and by asking spec...

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Research paper

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Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

1996

Creator

Adamson, Tracey Jennifer

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10179/6723

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Pornography / Sexual behavior / Feminism

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