Violence and the pornographic imaginary : the politics of sex, gender, and aggression in hardcore pornography / / Natalie Purcell
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| Autore: |
Purcell Natalie J.
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| Titolo: |
Violence and the pornographic imaginary : the politics of sex, gender, and aggression in hardcore pornography / / Natalie Purcell
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 791.43/6538 |
| Soggetto topico: | Pornographic films - History and criticism |
| Violence in motion pictures | |
| Fantasy in motion pictures | |
| Women in motion pictures | |
| Sex in motion pictures | |
| Feminism and motion pictures | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-237) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | "Just fantasy" : rethinking the pornographic, the fantastic, and the real -- Golden-age assaults : heat and hostility in 1970s pornography -- Romance and rebellion : the two faces of 1980s pornography -- Expressive bodies, intense encounters : realism in 1990s pornography -- Banal brutality : in search of extremes in 2000s pornography -- Sex, gender, and power : aesthetics of arousal in contemporary pornography -- Body and soul : pleasure, pain, and self-revelation in today's hardcore -- Afterword : pornography, feminism, and tomorrow's sexual politics. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | No cultural product reveals our collective fascination with sexual violence more candidly than popular heterosexual pornographies. They showcase scenes of intense sexual aggression and cruelty that are gendered in repetitive, patterned configurations-configurations that are designed to arouse. Purcell uses comparative critical analyses of popular pornographic movies to explore common fantasies of sexual violence and how they have changed over the past forty years. Adopting a thick descriptive approach, she moves beyond the mere observation and recording of instances of sexism and violence, |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Violence and the pornographic imaginary |
| ISBN: | 1-283-64287-5 |
| 0-203-11034-X | |
| 1-136-27447-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910461924703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies