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Author:   Zahra Stardust
Publisher:   Duke University Press
Imprint:   Duke University Press
Weight:   0.445kg
ISBN:  

9781478031062

ISBN 10:   1478031069
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   29 October 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments  xi Cinematic Intimacies  1 Introduction: Democratizing Pornography  7 Part I. Porn Cultures Porno Camp  31 1. Guerrilla Porn: Motivations and Interventions 34 Getting Our Hands Wet  63 3. Imagining Alternatives: Production Values and Ethics  67 Part II. Regulatory Fantasies What Happened to Our Squirt?  91 3. Criminal Intimacies: Regulatory Trends and Transgressions  94 Diversity Washing  123 4. #NSFW: Online Privatization, Sanitization, and Gentrification  127 Part III. The Hustle Suicidegirls  157 5. Manufacturing Authenticity: Expression, Identity, and Labor  160 Green, Organic Porn  184 6. Fair Trade Porn: Marketing, Respectability, and Ethical Consumption  187 Part IV. Tensions and Provocations Your Stigma, Your Labor  211 7. Good Porn: Stigma, Respectability, and Diversity Politics  213 COVID-Safe Pornography  237 8. Technology, Design, and Carceral Surveillance  239 Birth Preparation  261 Conclusion: The Future of Porn  263 References  275 Index  

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“There is no one better positioned to tell the story of the indie porn revolution than porn practitioner and scholar Zahra Stardust. From porn sets to festivals, to the online world of search engine optimization and algorithms, Stardust draws on an impressive archive of ethnographic and interview data to illuminate a rapidly changing industry shaped by transnational linkages, regulatory frameworks, political possibilities, and reactionary politics. Deeply researched, beautifully written, and impressive in scope, Indie Porn will have an immediate and lasting impact.” -- Lynn Comella, author of * Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex-Toy Stores Changed the Business of Pleasure *

"“There is no one better positioned to tell the story of the indie porn revolution than porn practitioner and scholar Zahra Stardust. From porn sets to festivals, to the online world of search engine optimization and algorithms, Stardust draws on an impressive archive of ethnographic and interview data to illuminate a rapidly changing industry shaped by transnational linkages, regulatory frameworks, political possibilities, and reactionary politics. Deeply researched, beautifully written, and impressive in scope, Indie Porn will have an immediate and lasting impact.” -- Lynn Comella, author of * Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex-Toy Stores Changed the Business of Pleasure * “The story of indie porn, as told by one of its brightest stars. Zahra Stardust hails from an international league of erotic artists as a talented performer, passionate advocate, and esteemed scholar. In a world where porn is gawked at by the media, scapegoated by politicians, and shunned by everyone else, Zahra’s nuanced perspective from the inside reveals an honest and enlightened angle that is rare to see unless you've lived it yourself. Indie Porn is the next great book to join the cannons of sex work and adult cinema.” -- Jiz Lee, editor of * Coming Out Like a Porn Star: Essays on Pornography, Protection, and Privacy * ""Zahra is a beacon of light and a massive inspiration for anyone researching around sex from a sex and sex-worker positive perspective. . . . Aside from appealing to sex workers and people in adjacent fields (sex ed, sextech, etc), Indie Porn is a an extremely insightful read for those who are interested in labour politics and the future of work, for people who care about bodily autonomy and sexual justice, criminalisation and abolition, big tech and surveillance capitalism, indie film and DIY culture. The book will also offer helpful insights and analyses to people who have experienced de-platforming and de-monetisation, and those who are thinking about the relationship between respectability politics and law reform."" -- Carolina Are * Blogger on Pole *"

“There is no one better positioned to tell the story of the indie porn revolution than porn practitioner and scholar Zahra Stardust. From porn sets to festivals, to the online world of search engine optimization and algorithms, Stardust draws on an impressive archive of ethnographic and interview data to illuminate a rapidly changing industry shaped by transnational linkages, regulatory frameworks, political possibilities, and reactionary politics. Deeply researched, beautifully written, and impressive in scope, Indie Porn will have an immediate and lasting impact.” -- Lynn Comella, author of * Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex-Toy Stores Changed the Business of Pleasure * “The story of indie porn, as told by one of its brightest stars. Zahra Stardust hails from an international league of erotic artists as a talented performer, passionate advocate, and esteemed scholar. In a world where porn is gawked at by the media, scapegoated by politicians, and shunned by everyone else, Zahra’s nuanced perspective from the inside reveals an honest and enlightened angle that is rare to see unless you've lived it yourself. Indie Porn is the next great book to join the cannons of sex work and adult cinema.” -- Jiz Lee, editor of * Coming Out Like a Porn Star: Essays on Pornography, Protection, and Privacy *

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Zahra Stardust is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology.

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