The Aesthetics of Degradation
$30.78
- Paperback
300 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2018
Summary
Pornography keeps getting more extreme. Manufacturers, defenders and consumers of porn rely on a mix of wilful ignorance and bad faith to avoid serious discussion. When we do talk about violence against women in the porn world, the debate all too often becomes technical, complicated by legalities and outrage.But what are the moral and psychological consequences of the mercantilization of abuse?In this studied and ruthless examination of the place of pornography in contemporary life, translato…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781910924181 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1910924180 |
| Author: | Adrian Nathan West |
| Publisher: | Watkins Media Limited |
| Imprint: | Repeater Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 300 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2018 |
| Weight: | 127g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 10mm |
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About The Author
Adrian Nathan West
West is a novelist, essayist and translator based in Spain. His works have appeared in numerous journals in print and online, including 3-AM, Words Without Borders, The Times Literary Supplement, and The Review of Contemporary Fiction. He has translated books from German, Catalan, and Spanish, as well as short pieces from Portuguese, French, and Italian, by authors ranging from Josef Winkler to Pere Gimferrer to Enrique Vila-Matas, and has worked with a wide array of publishers both small and large, including NYRB Classics. He is also a contributing editor at the online translation journal Asymptote.
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