Looking forward to trying out some "hyperconsumption" next! Anybody know what that might be? Sounds fun...
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> Subject: [lbo-talk] The Pornographic Imaginary
>
> Call for Papers (Graduate Students)
>
> THE PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGINARY:
> SEX, VIOLENCE, COMMERCE, CULTURE
>
> The fierce debates that erupted in the 1980's over the
> production, distribution and consumption of
> pornography look to many today to be terribly dated,
> sealed off (thankfully?) in another era: we've been
> there and done that. The slow recession of pornography
> as that which incites thought and contestation in
> theoretical circles has occurred, paradoxically, as
> the aesthetics and logics and narratives and economies
> of pornography have proliferated all around us.
> Pornographic visual tropes have migrated fully and
> almost indistinguishably into the worlds of fashion
> and advertising. Pornographic logics and narratives
> have become embedded in, and to a large extent
> possibly structure almost entirely, the sexual desires
> and practices of millions. So too do they configure
> the images of imperial occupation (e.g. Abu Ghraib)
> and resistance (e.g. beheading videos). Pornographic
> hyperconsumption has been facilitated by technological
> revolutions which in turn has created a massive
> multi-billion dollar globalized pornographic economy
> to meet the exploding demand. Porn stars have become
> Pop stars, and Pop stars have become Porn stars. It is
> a pornographic age; and that which defines our time
> deserves our continued attention.
>
>
>
> We do not seek to rekindle or rehash the so-called
> 'sex wars' over pornography, but we do look forward to
> thinking anew and thinking again about the
> pornographic imaginary that today shapes sexual
> pleasures (heteronormative and sexually dissident),
> regimes of violence (domestic and imperial), political
> economies (psychic and material), and cultural
> productions (of all sorts). We welcome a wide range of
> submissions that deal with this topic.
>
> We also welcome book reviews on any topic within the
> orbit of political and cultural theory, whether
> related or unrelated to the issue^Rs theme.
>
> Papers should be no more than 30 pages; reviews, no
> more than 10. All submissions are due by
> JANUARY 15, 2005 to the following address:
>
> Critical Sense
> c/o Department of Political Science
> 210 Barrows Hall
> University of California, Berkeley
> Berkeley, CA 94720-1950
>
> or electronically: criticalsense at socrates.berkeley.edu
>
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