Pornography, Women and Feminism: Between Pleasure and Politics

Sexualities

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 281-301

  Ciclitira, Karen ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anti porn feminism; feminism; pornography; qualitative; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 17644371314     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460704040143     Document Type: Article

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