TY - BOOK ID - 77885685 TI - Judging obscenity PY - 2003 SN - 1282861018 9786612861017 077357090X 9780773570900 9781282861015 9780773525184 9780773525382 0773525181 0773525386 PB - Montreal Ithaca [N.Y.] McGill-Queen's University Press DB - UniCat KW - Trials (Obscenity) KW - Evidence, Expert KW - Pornography KW - Obscenity (Law) KW - Literature, Immoral KW - Porn KW - Porno KW - Sex-oriented businesses KW - Erotica KW - Expert evidence KW - Expert testimony KW - Expert witness KW - Expert witnesses KW - Opinion evidence KW - Scientific evidence (Law) KW - Evidence (Law) KW - Witnesses KW - Sex industry UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77885685 AB - He demonstrates that these communities of experts are divided on such questions as, Can a novel or film be both high art and obscene? and, Is the world of heterosexual pornography categorically different from the worlds of gay and lesbian pornography? He observes that the ideas of an "average" psychological or behavioral response to a story or an image and the "community" standard of decency or tolerance are outmoded myths that elude all attempts at careful measurement. Nowlin concludes that lack of agreement among experts, for example, as to how and why some sexually explicit imagery titillates or pleases some people, while disgusting or demeaning others, can no longer be viewed simply in terms of moral, religious, or even political predilections. Judging Obscenity traces the way freedom of speech and the right to equality have taken shape within the worlds of pornographic expression and consumption and provides a historical glimpse of changing views about literature and art, as well as a critical examination of the nature of social science research in matters of human sexuality, media-response, and sexual expression. ER -