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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 Mowlabocus
This 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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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Sexualities

ISSN

1363-4607

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Issue

5

Volume

12

Page range

613-628

Pages

16.0

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  • Media and Film Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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