Smutty Little Movies : The Creation and Regulation of Adult Video / Peter Alilunas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alilunas, Peter, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pornography--Social aspects.

Pornography.

Pornographic films--History and criticism.

Pornographic films.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the late 1970s, the adult film industry began the transition from celluloid to home video. Smutty Little Movies traces this change and examines the cultural and legal efforts to regulate, contain, limit, or eradicate pornography. Drawing on a wide variety of materials, Smutty Little Movies de-centers the film text in favor of industry histories and contexts. In so doing, the book argues that the struggles to contain and regulate pleasure represent a primary starting point for situating adult video's place in a larger history, not just of pornography, but of media history as a whole.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

PROLOGUE. Naked Ladies and Ice Cream Bars

INTRODUCTION. Smaller Than Life: Adult Video, Pleasure, and Control

1. Panorams, Motels, and Pirates: The Origins of Adult Video

2. Adult Video News: Selling XXX without the Sex

3. The Means of Production: Vivid Video and Femme Productions

4. Saving the Family: Video Rental Stores and the Toxicity of Pornography

EPILOGUE. Limousines and Legacies

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520965362

0520965361

OCLC:

944246629