> I myself have enjoyed works by Sade, Bataille, etc. As a matter of fact, I
consider myself to be something of an expert on the topic (born in Japan, I
believe I have an edge over the rest of you). :)
Have you read anything by Angela Carter? Susie B is one of my fav authors... and perhaps Carol Queen could be mentioned too. And there is an excellent anthology on the history of pornography edited by Lynn Hunt...
> BTW, do you (or does anyone) know of a good genealogical account (be it
Marxist, cultural materialist a la Raymond Williams, or Foucauldian) of the
term "objectification"?
Marcuse makes a distinction between objectification and reification, which I have always found to be helpful... As mentioned, objectification isn't the problem, rather, the reification of the objective should be one of the primary concerns of a critical theory of society...
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