East Asian Pornographies and Online Porn Cultures

This book explores the cultural impact of pornography from an East Asian perspective, focusing on productions and consumption in Japan, Korea, China, and Hong Kong. It challenges and expands existing academic research networks and paradigms by examining under-reported East Asian cultures of pornography.

Format: Hardback
Length: 98 pages
Publication date: 31 July 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The influence of pornography on transnational models of media aesthetics and governance has been extensively studied from a Euro-American standpoint. This book makes a valuable contribution to the field of pornography studies by reevaluating the cultural impact of pornography as audio-visual and online media from an East Asian perspective. It specifically focuses on the production and consumption of pornography in Japan, Korea, China, and Hong Kong. The chapters in this book explore under-reported East Asian cultures of pornography, aiming to uncover phenomena within this region while also challenging and refining existing academic research networks and paradigms. The book suggests that the lived experiences of producing and consuming diverse pornographies across East Asia can expand, complicate, challenge, or even reinforce the dominant Euro-American understandings of pornography that are gaining prominence within pornography studies as an emerging interdisciplinary field. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal "Porn Studies."

Introduction:
The impact of pornography on media aesthetics and governance has been extensively studied from a Euro-American perspective. However, there is a need to broaden the lens and consider the cultural impact of pornography from an East Asian perspective. This book aims to contribute to the field of pornography studies by exploring the cultural impact of pornography as audio-visual and online media from an East Asian perspective.

Chapter 1:
In this chapter, the authors examine the production and consumption of pornography in Japan, Korea, China, and Hong Kong. They highlight the unique cultural contexts and historical developments that have shaped these practices. The chapter also explores the under-reported East Asian cultures of pornography, aiming to uncover phenomena within this region while challenging and refining existing academic research networks and paradigms.

Chapter 2:
In this chapter, the authors discuss the impact of pornography on media aesthetics and governance from an East Asian perspective. They argue that the dominant Euro-American understandings of pornography may not fully capture the complexities and nuances of the East Asian experience. The chapter explores how the lived experience of producing and consuming various pornographies throughout East Asia may extend, complicate, challenge, or even affirm the dominant Euro-American understandings of pornography.

Chapter 3:
In this chapter, the authors examine the ethical and social implications of pornography consumption in East Asia. They explore the ways in which pornography is regulated and controlled in different countries, and the challenges and controversies surrounding this regulation. The chapter also discusses the impact of pornography on public discourse and social norms, and the ways in which it is contested and negotiated.

Conclusion:
In conclusion, this book makes a significant contribution to the field of pornography studies by rethinking the cultural impact of pornography as audio-visual and online media from an East Asian perspective. It highlights the under-reported East Asian cultures of pornography, challenges and refines existing academic research networks and paradigms, and explores the ethical and social implications of pornography consumption in East Asia. The book proposes that the lived experience of producing and consuming various pornographies throughout East Asia may extend, complicate, challenge, or even affirm the dominant Euro-American understandings of pornography that are becoming increasingly axiomatic within pornography studies as an emerging interdisciplinary field of study.

Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032521640