{"product_id":"bound-and-gagged-laura-kipnis-9780822323433","title":"Bound and Gagged: Pornography and the Politics of Fantasy in America","description":"In a book that completely changes the terms of the pornography debate, Laura Kipnis challenges the position that porn perpetuates misogyny and sex crimes. First published in 1996, \u003ci\u003eBound and Gagged\u003c\/i\u003e opens with the chilling case of Daniel DePew, a man convicted-in the first computer bulletin board entrapment case-of conspiring to make a snuff film and sentenced to thirty-three years in prison for merely trading kinky fantasies with two undercover cops.\u003cbr\u003eUsing this textbook example of social hysteria as a springboard, Kipnis argues that criminalizing fantasy-even perverse and unacceptable fantasy-has dire social consequences. Exploring the entire spectrum of pornography, she declares that porn isn't just about gender and that fantasy doesn't necessarily constitute intent. She reveals Larry Flynt's \u003ci\u003eHustler\u003c\/i\u003e to be one of the most politically outspoken and class-antagonistic magazine in the country and shows how fetishes such as fat admiration challenge our aesthetic prejudices and socially sanctioned disgust. Kipnis demonstrates that the porn industry-whose multibillion-dollar annual revenues rival those of the three major television networks combined-know precisely how to tap into our culture's deepest anxieties and desires, and that this knowledge, more than all the naked bodies, is what guarantees its vast popularity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBound and Gagged\u003c\/i\u003e challenges our most basic assumptions about America's relationship with pornography and questions what the calls to eliminate it are really attempting to protect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Kipnis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822323435\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822323433\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/23\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.52w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2000 pg. 41 - Strongly Recommended","brand":"Laura Kipnis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947347902719,"sku":"9780822323433","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3119bc97-a1a1-4649-b448-609053e655c2.jpg?v=1681518188","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bound-and-gagged-laura-kipnis-9780822323433","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}