What does it mean to re-conceptualize pornography as a material practice rather than as speech? Sidestepping the legal debates over their civil ordinance, and drawing on phenomenology of the lived body, Mason-Grant returns to the innovative core of the Dworkin-MacKinnon critique of mainstream pornography. She develops a "practice paradigm" that captures and extends their insights, showing how the use of mass-market heterosexual pornography contributes to the cultivation of troubling forms of sexual know-how.

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Pornography as a Systemic Practice of Subordination Chapter 3 Equality, Speech and Pornography Chapter 4 The Subordination of Pornography as Illocutionary Force Chapter 5 Bodily Practices and the Production of Tacit Know-how Chapter 6 The Use of Pornography as a Subordinating Practice Chapter 7 Conclusion: Revolutionizing Practice Chapter 8 Appendix Chapter 9 Bibliography