Hard core : power, pleasure, and the "frenzy of the visible" / Linda Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Linda, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pornographic films--History and criticism.

Pornographic films.

Sex in motion pictures.

Pornography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 380 pages)

Other Title:

Hard core

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, 2018.

Summary:

Linda Williams moves beyond the impasse of the anti-porn and anti-censorship debate to analyze what hard-core film pornography is and does, as a genre with a history, as a specific cinematic form, and as part of contemporary discourse on sexuality.

Contents:

Preface

Foreword

Speaking Sex: "The Indiscreet Jewels"

Prehistory: The "Frenzy of the Visible"

The Stag Film: Genital Show and Genital Event

Fetishism and Hard Core: Marx, Freud, and the "Money Shot"

Generic Pleasures: Number and Narrative

Hard-Core Utopias: Problems and Solutions

Power, Pleasure, and Perversion: Sadomasochistic Film Pornography

Sequels and Re-Visions: "A Desire of One's Own"

Conclusion

Epilogue

Notes

Works Cited

Supplementary Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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