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Re:wiring Bodies - Dr. Asha Achuthan: by Nishant Shah — last modified Sep 21, 2011 07:23 AM — filed under: Cyborgs, Cybercultures, Archives, Digital subjectivities, Resources, History
First draft of the monograph on "Rewiring Bodies" by Dr. Asha Achutan; format for Microsoft Office users
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Pleasure and Pornography: Pornography and the Blindfolded Gaze of the Law: by Namita A. Malhotra — published Apr 02, 2009 — last modified Aug 02, 2011 08:37 AM — filed under: histories of internet in India, Obscenity, internet and society, Art, cybercultures, women and internet, YouTube, Cybercultures, cyberspaces, Digital subjectivities, History
In the legal discourse, pornography as a category is absent, except as an aggravated form of obscenity. Does this missing descriptive category assist in the rampant circulation of pornography, either online or offline? Rather than ask that question, Namita Malhotra, in this second post documenting her CIS-RAW project, explores certain judgments that indeed deal with pornographic texts and uncovers the squeamishness that ensures that pornography as an object keeps disappearing before the law.
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Pleasure and Pornography: Initial Encounters with the Unknown: by Namita A. Malhotra — published Feb 03, 2009 — last modified Aug 02, 2011 08:37 AM — filed under: histories of internet in India, Obscenity, internet and society, women and internet, research, Cyborgs, digital subjectivities, History
This blog entry is the first in a series by Namita Malhotra on her CIS-RAW project that is about pornography, Internet, sexuality, law, new media and technology. She aims for this to be a multi media and research project/journey which is able to cite and draw on various sources including legal studies, film studies and philosophy, academic and historical work on sexuality, art, film and pornography itself.
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