Pornography and obscenity...work by specialism and fragmentation. They deal with a figure without a ground -- situations in which the human factor is suppressed in favor of sensations and kicks.
Letter to Clare Westcott, November 26 1975, in Letters of Marshall McLuhan, p 514
Year: 1975
Chapter:
Figure/Ground
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan