Pornography

`Reading Pornography: Women, Violence, and Civil Liberties is an unsettling experience for a libertarian ... The evidence that pornography can produce harm is pretty compelling here. The libertarian's job is thus to show that the harm suffered by curtailing free speech would be greater still.' Mary Ann Sieghard, The Times `Important.' The Times Higher Education Supplement `The most sophisticated anti-porn arguments can be found in Pornography: Women, Violence, and Civil Liberties a vast and impressive volume edited by Catherine Itzin ... it is a comprehensive survey of all the old arguments and an invaluable introduction to new feminist thinking.' Caroline Ellis, Tribune `the book does represent a new stage in the anti-pornography campaign, inching the argument out of the feminist world ... into the wider legislative area.' Melissa Benn, New Statesman and Society `an important and long-promised collection of essays' Everywoman 'important new publication ... a frightening, sobering examination of something which is so often seen as 'harmless fun' or 'a bit of a giggle' ... reading the book is an arduous journey into cultural misogyny,' Tina Jackson, Northern Star 'Uncompromising essays attacking the international industry in pornography and challenging the ineffectiveness of current legislation.' Civil Liberty AGENDA 'These essays offer a comprehensive "radical new view" of the ongoing pornography debate.' Criminal Justice Newsletter, March 1993 `In the light of Government concern over pornographic telecommunications, and the reluctance of the CPS to prosecute certain by now renowned pornographic books, Itzin's edited collection of writings is timely and most welcome.' New Law Journal `A solid new attack on pornography' Sunday Times `Writers within this book are a fine mixture of academics, practitioners and activists who all oppose pornography, and this is a must if you are actively opposing, or are uncertain of where you stand, or take any other position you may have on pornography!' Working With Men `Catherine Itzin examines all the "scientific" evidence of the harmfulness of pornography with great thoroughness, and no one who has read her book could conclude that this manifestation does no harm ... important book.' THES `This is a serious and competent attempt to draw together the varied strands of thinking in the anti-pornography and censorship debate ... Difficult and complex issues really well debated.' Achilles Heel 'a comprehensive analysis of the position of the anti pornography movement in the nineties ... a thorough look at the links between pornography and violence' Harpies & Quines, February 1994 `it provides a sustained argument that pronography is harmful, that it should be regulated, and that regulation of pornography is consistent with sensitivity to concerns about civil liberties, particularly freedom of speech ... Those who are most strongly in favor of non-regulation owe it to themselves and their followers to engage seriously with the essays in this volume.' The Law and Politics Book Review `highly consistent and focused ... As a collection of papers it will be a useful addition to the debate on pornography, especially since it examines the issue both from a UK and US perspective' British Journal of Sociology `'a collection of radical, forceful and passionate essays'' Res Publica