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Author Sullivan, Barbara, 1952-

Title The politics of sex : prostitution and pornography in Australia since 1945 / Barbara Sullivan
Published Cambridge ; Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 1997

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Description viii, 280 pages ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Marking Danger: Prostitution and Pornography Before 1945 -- 2. A New Moral Economy? The Immediate Post-War Years, 1945-55 -- 3. The Sexual Revolution and Pornography, 1955-69 -- 4. Revolutionary Limits: Governing Prostitution, 1955-69 -- 5. Libertarian Moments, 1970-75 -- 6. New Sexual Politics, 1975-88 -- 7. Current Issues
Summary This book is broad in scope, tracing the sex industry from a time of prohibition to the present period of legalised prostitution and the proliferation of pornography in print, on video and on the Internet. It cogently presents all sides of a complex and changing debate and will be invaluable to readers and policy-makers in politics, sociology, law and women's studies
Barbara Sullivan examines the ways in which the politico-legal systems addressed to the sex industry have responded to changes in society's attitudes towards prostitution and pornography. The book examines statutes, parliamentary debate at state and federal levels, and legal discourse, moving beyond standard and familiar descriptions of the case for and against increased regulation. Sullivan never loses sight of the broader societal context, however, and looks at changing attitudes to what is normal and abnormal sexual conduct. The book uses examples from newspaper stories, controversial novels and films, and demographic statistics to tell its story. It presents a number of familiar cases that highlight issues of censorship and the question of literature versus pornography. The Politics of Sex also critiques debates about prostitution and pornography that have been central to feminism
Analysis Censorship
Criminal law
Feminism
Government regulation
Pornography
Prostitution
Notes Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Queensland
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-269) and index
Subject Pornography -- Government policy -- Australia -- 20th century.
Pornography -- Government policy -- Australia.
Pornography -- Government policy.
Pornography -- Social aspects -- Australia.
Pornography -- Australia -- History -- 20th century.
Pornography -- Australia.
Prostitution -- Government policy -- Australia -- 20th century.
Prostitution -- Government policy -- Australia.
Prostitution -- Government policy.
Prostitution -- Australia -- History -- 20th century.
Prostitution -- Australia -- History.
Prostitution -- Australia.
Sex-oriented businesses -- Government policy -- Australia -- 20th century.
Sex-oriented businesses -- Government policy -- Australia.
Sex-oriented businesses -- Australia -- History -- 20th century.
Sex-oriented businesses -- Australia.
Erotica -- history.
Sex Work -- history.
Sex -- history
LC no. 97002336
ISBN 052155408X
0521556309 (pb : alk. paper)