School Images in Mainstream Porn: A Brief Research Report

The primary purpose of this work is to present the results of an empirical study on images of schools in mainstream pornography. The work is an attempt to bring educational cultural studies and porn studies closer together. The research process employed hybrid methodological solutions which aimed to combine the Grounded Theory (GT) methodology, social semiotics and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). The article presents the main problems and disputes in the field of porn studies. Research results, which consist of the analysis as well as interpretation of visual and textual empirical material are, however, key. In the process of analysis, a family resemblance (Wittgenstein, 2009) was perceived between actual schooling and education and that produced by porn cultures. Porn culture eroticizes the structural school violence inherent in the institution. Thus, porn culture expresses hegemony, but its narrative about the school can be seen as potentially subversive.