Kurylo, B;
(2017)
Pornography and power in Michel Foucault’s thought.
Journal of Political Power
, 10
(1)
pp. 71-84.
10.1080/2158379X.2017.1284157.
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Abstract
This paper reconstructs Michel Foucault’s account of pornography by placing it into his theory of power. To explain the novelty of Foucault’s position, it counterpoises it with anti-pornography feminism and its analysis of the modern state. The paper argues that Foucault considered pornography to be a strategy of biopower to regulate individual sexual conduct. By inciting the discourse on sex, pornography participates in the production of truth about sex. Through confession, its consumers discover their sexual identities, becoming self-regulating. The result is a proliferation of sexualities, but also their rigidification and categorisation, leading to a mass deployment of perversion.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Pornography and power in Michel Foucault’s thought |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/2158379X.2017.1284157 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2158379X.2017.1284157 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Pornography, power, Michel Foucault, sexuality, radical feminism |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > SSEES |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10058237 |
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