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Hard times and rough rides: the legal and ethical impossibilities of researching 'shock' pornographies
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posted on 2023-06-08, 00:58 authored by Steven Jones, Sharif MowlabocusThis article explores the various ethical and legal limitations faced by researchers studying extreme or `shock¿ pornographies, beginning with generic and disciplinary contexts, and focusing specifically upon the assumption that textual analysis unproblematically justifies certain pornographies, while legal contexts utilize a prohibitive gaze. Are our academic freedoms of speech endangered by legislations that restrict our access to non-mainstream images, forcing them further into taboo locales? If so, is the ideological normalization of sexuality inextricable from our research methodologies? Simultaneously, can we justify researchers being allowed access to materials that are not deemed suitable for general consumption, which may further bolster normalized hierarchies of class-privilege and cultural capital?
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SexualitiesISSN
1363-4607Publisher
SAGE PublicationsExternal DOI
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5Volume
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613-628Pages
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- Media and Film Publications
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2012-02-06Usage metrics
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