SOCI 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: New Media, Worldwide Exchange, Cosmopolitanism
4 Jul 2016
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The author wants to explore online pronography in context- as just another example of sexuality challenging traditional social/moral boundaries. Tremblay argues that all media begin their development in an autoerotic stage where individuals indulge. This early stage for the medium is characterized by unre ective rapture and is independent of the censor. Tremblay argues that all media are an extension of the body (ex: print extends the eye) and that any new medium is inherently pleasurable. The reference to mcluhan"s work is clear (ex: was your rst kiss good? bad? did it make you shy away or want more?) New media invite infantile exploration and pushes the limits of socially acceptable behaviour. This is similar to freud"s observation that children fetishize their own body, and. Rabelais wrote an erotic book in 16th century. Rabelais knew that people could live vicariously through his characters and indulge in their fantasies in a private and anonymous forum.
