On Silencing, Authority, and the Act of Refusal
The notion of ‘illocutionary silencing’ has been given a key role in defining the harms of pornography by several feminist philosophers. Though the literature on silencing focuses almost exclusively on the speech act of sexual refusal, oddly enough, it lacks a thorough analysis of that very act. My...
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| Language: | English |
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Rosenberg & Sellier
2017-04-01
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| Series: | Rivista di Estetica |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/estetica/2061 |