The value of print, the value of porn

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13086339
AutoresD Cardoso (0000-0001-7864-7531, Manchester Metropolitan University, autor de correspondencia), Paasonen (0000-0002-6319-9155, University of Turku)
Año2020
Volumen8
Número1
Páginas92-106
Fecha de publicación2020-06-11
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPorn Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2326-8743 • E-ISSN: 2326-8751
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23268743.2020.1760125
OpenAlexW3034726105
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas14

As the distribution of pornography has shifted online, the markets for DVDs and print magazines have drastically shrunk. At the same time, a range of independent and artistic magazines on pornography and sexual cultures has appeared, operating primarily on paper. By focusing on Ménage à trois, a Finnish queer-feminist porn magazine (established 2012), and Phile, a Toronto-based magazine on ‘sexual curiosity’ (established 2017), this article inquires after the affordances, appeal, and value of physical print artefacts in a cultural context dominated by the imperatives of digital affordances. Through interviews with editors and designers, we ask how these magazines position themselves vis-à-vis the denominator of pornography in the content they publish and in the uses that they see the magazines as having. They make it possible to consider both the issue of regional and language-specific reach in independent publishing and the different value that the editorial teams associate with pornography

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