Pornographic Art and the Aesthetics of Pornography

1. Introduction
Hans Maes

Part I. Art or Porn: Clear Division or False Dilemma?

2. Pornography, Art and Porno-Art
Mari Mikkola

3. Exclusivism and Evaluation: Art, Erotica and Pornography
Stephanie Patridge

4. A Pornographic Way of Seeing
Stephen Mumford

Part II. The Aesthetics of Pornography: Philosophical and Ethical Considerations

5. Pornography and Acting
Tzachi Zamir

6. The Fictional Character of Pornography
Shen-yi Liao, Sara Protasi

7. Image Economies and the Erotic Life of the Unlovely
Edward Winters

Part III. The Aesthetics of Pornography: Historical and Cultural Perspectives

8. Before Pornography: Sexual Representation in Ancient Roman Visual Culture
John R. Clarke

9. Sheela-na-gig Again: The Birth of a New Style from the Spirit of Pornography
Stefan Trinks

10. Aestheticizing Pornography for the 21st-century Academy: Pedagogy as Ars Erotica or Scientia Sexualis?
David Bennett

Part IV. Pornographic Art: Critical Explorations

11. Clean Feet and Dirty Dancing: The Erotic Pas de Deux and Boys in the Sand
Edward D. Miller

12. The Pornography of Death
John Tercier

13. Porno-Graphic: Why Words Matter in Fiona Banner’s Arsewoman in Wonderland
Kim Dhillon

Part V. Pornographic Art: Theory in Practice

14. A Queer Balance: Power Relations in Homosexual Representations and in Choosing Flowers
Michael Petry

15. The Fluidity of Acceptability: Seduced by Art and Pornography and the Kinsey Institute Collection
Marina Wallace

16. My Pornographic Development
Anna Arrowsmith

Keywords: Philosophy, Aesthetics, Fine Arts, Ethics, Media Sociology