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I would here like to connect English philosopher Sheila Jeffreys’ analysis of feminist philosophy to a certain number of French discourses concerning pornography. There are many stakes. It is first about, quite modestly, giving to read Jeffreys since her work has not been translated to French to this day. It is also, in the same way, about offering to look at an enduring antipornography feminism, a one that is not built on a reductive view of pornography, meaning on its most obvious macho, hetero-focused, brutal, almost sadistic catalogue. The “total” critique that Sheila Jeffreys leads, and whose meaning still needs to be defined, would providentially make the French debate about the fate of pornography more complex ; it is, in its current state, unsatisfactory, since the only media-wised recognized figures who stand against the “queer” enthusiasm are conservatives who hold sexual identities for natural and rigid ; and since the only opposition that exists among the intellectual field, which structures this debate, stands between the one that defends pornography as a whole and the defence of a certain critical pornography (“progressive” in a way or another). Sheila Jeffreys’ analysis allow not only to explain the status and the extension of today’s pornography, but also to send pornographic studies back to their ideological function, this without being an unfounded accusation.
Keywords: pornographie, éthique, équitable, marxisme, féminisme, études culturelles, signification, pornography, ethical, fair, marxism, feminism, cultural studies, meaning
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This article discusses the position of women in international migration with particular attention to their situation in the labour market in Italy, a country where the informal economy represents an important share of productive activities. Firstly, the elements which distinguish contemporary international migration from that of the period 1950 to 1975 are identified in relation to economic globalization and the transformation of the industrial system. Using an analysis of gender, ethnicity and class, the polarization of labour markets and its impact on the situation of women immigrants in Europe is then discussed. Finally, two employment sectors where women migrants to Italy are concentrated are examined: domestic work and the sex industry.
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