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| British uni students to examine ‘censored, gay, feminist, amateur’ PORN as part of ‘illuminating’ X-rated course | |
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| It seems there’s a college course for everything these days and the academic options are being expanded even further by a UK university, which will soon let students study the explicit subject of pornography. | It seems there’s a college course for everything these days and the academic options are being expanded even further by a UK university, which will soon let students study the explicit subject of pornography. |
| From 2020, students studying Art History and Visual Culture in the University of Exeter, will be able to take the module entitled ‘Pornography: Bodies, Sex and representation’, where they will learn all about the main theories and debates surrounding the making, spreading and consumption of porn. | |
| The module will delve into a range of erotic material, including historically-censored films, gay and feminist porn and amateur pornography. | The module will delve into a range of erotic material, including historically-censored films, gay and feminist porn and amateur pornography. |
| According to the university’s website it will “approach pornography as a form of cultural production that can illuminate our understanding of the ways in which our societies have conceived and represented human bodies, their sexual desires and sexual pleasures”. | According to the university’s website it will “approach pornography as a form of cultural production that can illuminate our understanding of the ways in which our societies have conceived and represented human bodies, their sexual desires and sexual pleasures”. |
| The website goes on to say that the “nature of the topic” may make it challenging in a number of ways. It specifically notes that materials of a “graphic, controversial and/or explicit nature will be used” which some students may find offensive. | The website goes on to say that the “nature of the topic” may make it challenging in a number of ways. It specifically notes that materials of a “graphic, controversial and/or explicit nature will be used” which some students may find offensive. |
| The module will be delivered by Dr João Florêncio. "Pornographic images have never been as produced, reproduced and consumed as they are today - they are a ubiquitous feature of contemporary visual culture,” he told the University of Exeter's student magazine, Exeposé. | The module will be delivered by Dr João Florêncio. "Pornographic images have never been as produced, reproduced and consumed as they are today - they are a ubiquitous feature of contemporary visual culture,” he told the University of Exeter's student magazine, Exeposé. |
| "Students will, I hope, leave the module better equipped to think critically about issues of power, censorship, obscenity, sex, sexualities, subjectivities, desires and pleasures as they intersect and are co-shaped by modern and contemporary pornography,” he added. | "Students will, I hope, leave the module better equipped to think critically about issues of power, censorship, obscenity, sex, sexualities, subjectivities, desires and pleasures as they intersect and are co-shaped by modern and contemporary pornography,” he added. |
| Interestingly, porn appears to be something of a burgeoning academic field as UC Berkeley in the US and the University of New South Wales in Australia already offer modules on the topic. | Interestingly, porn appears to be something of a burgeoning academic field as UC Berkeley in the US and the University of New South Wales in Australia already offer modules on the topic. |
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