Pornography and violence
Subtitle: the politics of sex, gender, and aggression in pornographic fantasy
By: by Natalie J. Purcell
Series: Routledge research in cultural and media studies -- 42
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780415523127
Subjects: Pornographic films; Sex in motion pictures; Violence in motion pictures; Fantasy in motion pictures; History and criticism; Women in motion pictures; Feminism and motion pictures
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: violence and the pornographic imaginary; title: "Just fantasy": rethinking the pornographic, the fantastic, and the real; title: Golden-age assaults: heat and hostility in 1970s pornography; title: Romance and rebellion: the two faces of 1980s pornography; title: Expressive bodies, intense encounters: realism in 1990s pornography; title: Banal brutality: in search of extremes in 2000s pornography; title: Sex, gender, and power: aesthetics of arousal in contemporary pornography; title: Body and soul: pleasure, pain, and self-revelation in today's hardcore; title: Conclusion: pornography, feminism, and tomorrow's sexual politics.