Hard times and rough rides: The legal and ethical impossibilities of researching 'shock' pornographies

Sexualities

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 613-628

  Jones, Steve ^a   Mowlabocus, Sharif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extreme pornography; Horror; Legislation; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350134446     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460709340371     Document Type: Article

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