Abstract
ABSTRACTDebates over the production and consumption of pornography have divided scholars into two main camps: anti-porn and sex-positive or pro-porn. Correspondingly, research about pornography has largely focused either on its negative social impacts or on its promise of personal sexual liberation. Very little work has explored the way in which pornography can be both repressive and freeing in the same instance, offering opportunities for excitement and titillation that may reify systemic oppression while also empowering marginalized subjects to disrupt these systems in unique ways. Grounding our work in the everyday life of erotic racism, we utilize Weiss’s notion of performative efficacy and Nash's racial iconography in order to conduct a deep reading of a well-known gay BDSM pornographic film. The analysis demonstrates how porn actors may find racial pleasure in their work by appropriating gendered racial stereotypes to counter standard racist narratives.
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