Coming Attractions / Yehuda Bauer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bauer, Yehuda, Author.

Contributor:

Levine, I. S. (Ira S.), 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stairway to paradise (Motion picture).

Pornography.

Pornographic films.

Sex industry.

Sexual fantasies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [1987]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What do porn films tell us about our own erotic impulses? What can we learn about our culture's sexual attitudes, fears, and fantasies from the ways that porn films are designed and produced? In this book, Dr. Robert J. Stoller, one of the world's leading experts on human sexual behavior, joins with I. S. Levine, a professional writer with long experience in X-rated video making, to examine the ideas and psychological makeup of the participants in an adult heterosexual X-rated video, Stairway to Paradise. Their interviews with performers, writers, directors, producers, and technicians provide extraordinary insights into the technical aspects of this type of video, the motivations and backgrounds of the people involved, and the porn industry's view of the video's intended audience. Stoller, Levine, and the porn filmmakers have wide-ranging discussions about the aesthetics, ethics, and etiquette of the porn industry; the hostility that Dr. Stoller claimed underlies all erotic excitement; the liberating-and educational-function of porn in a puritanical culture; the misconceptions of antiporn crusaders; the impact of aids on the participants; and the future of the porn film industry. The authors hope that if we understand how and why a pornographic work is created, we will be better able to understand the implications of the legal and moral issues it raises.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Co-Author's Note

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction, Stoller

2. Introduction, Levine

3. First Prelim (as in Boxing): Bill

4. Second Prelim: Ira Looks Up

5. Semi: Ira Hustles

6. The Shooting Script: Stairway to Paradise

7. The Main Event: Here, without Doubt, Is What Really Happened, Maybe: Holliday

8. The Main Event: Here, without Doubt...: Ira

9. The Main Event: Here, without Doubt...: Sharon

10. The Main Event: Here, without Doubt...: "Jane Waters"

11 The Main Event: Here, without Doubt...: Nina

12. The Main Event: Here, without Doubt...: Randy

13. The Main Event: Here, without Doubt...: Falco

14. Porsche: Does Porn Exploit?

15. Truth and Consequences

16. Ira's Last Stanza

17. Conclusions: I, Ira Wraps

18. Conclusions: II, Why Not?

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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

ISBN:

9780300159295

0300159293

OCLC:

1024047141