Autopornography and the struggle for the recognition of a sexual subjectivity

A theoretical analysis from Loree Erickson’s testimony in The Feminist Porn Book

Bibliographic Data

ID12690668
AuthorsJulie Lavigne (Université du Québec à Montréal, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume17
Issue5
Pages790-803
Publication date2017-02-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueFeminist Media Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-0777 • E-ISSN: 1471-5902
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14680777.2017.1283345
OpenAlexW2591177702
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited17

The present article aims to reach an understanding of the recognition process at work in autopornography through the analysis of Loree Erickson’s testimony of her own production of pornography in which she performs. I want to especially address the issues of sexual agency and recognition of a positive erotic potential for women living with disabilities. Paradoxically, if mainstream pornography can be a tool of oppression—i.e., the fetishization of differences and the exclusion of the sexual sphere according to racist, homophobic, transphobic, and ableist criteria—it can also be subverted into an emancipation or empowerment tool in order to enlarge the scope of available sexual scripts and of sexual subjectivities

Criminology · Epistemology · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Subjectivity · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology

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