Policing Desire: Pornography, AIDS, and the Media

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For the new editors of this controversial, Watney (School of communications, polytechnic of Central London) has provided a new preface and a new concluding essay that updates his arguments. Watney remains convinced "of the need to address questions concerning the operations of fantasy and the unconscious in relation to our (provisional) understanding of the political and ideological economies of this epidemic, "a provoking, well articulated, and, like Primo Levi's witness," dispassionate attempt to set a horror-inspiring situation down clearly and persuasively. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.


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For the new editors of this controversial, Watney (School of communications, polytechnic of Central London) has provided a new preface and a new concluding essay that updates his arguments. Watney remains convinced "of the need to address questions concerning the operations of fantasy and the unconscious in relation to our (provisional) understanding of the political and ideological economies of this epidemic, "a provoking, well articulated, and, like Primo Levi's witness," dispassionate attempt to set a horror-inspiring situation down clearly and persuasively. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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