Pornography And Democratization: Legislating Obscenity In Postcommunist Russia

by Paul Goldschmidt

Overview

Explores the politics of pornography and censorship in Russia today as a facet of the overall process of creating a liberal democracy in the Former Soviet Union. In this book, Paul Goldschmidt explores the politics of pornography in Russia today as a facet of the overall process of creating a liberal democracy in the Former Soviet Union. He clarifi

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367299378
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/31/2021
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.81(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Paul W. Goldschmidt teaches political science at the University of Wisconsin at Platteville.

Table of Contents

Introduction — Western Preconceptions — Intelligentsiia and Narod — Liberal Conservatives and Libertarian Censors — Enlightening Proletarian Tastes — The Censor is Dead, Long Live the Censor! — Blue Laws in a Red Country — Anti-Pornography Feminists in the Land of Misogyny — Sexual Education as an Alternative — Conclusions — Russia's Chief Censors — Administrative Structure of Glavlit