Battling Pornography: The American Feminist Anti-Pornography Movement, 1976-1986

by Carolyn Bronstein

Book Overview

Pornography catapulted to the forefront of the American women's movement in the 1980s. In Battling Pornography, Carolyn Bronstein locates the origins of anti-pornography sentiment in the turbulent social and cultural history of the late 1960s and 1970s. Based on extensive original archival research, the book reveals that the seeds of the movement were planted by groups who protested the proliferation of advertisements, Hollywood films and other mainstream...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107400392
• ISBN13: 9781107400399
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"