Publication

1989 - University of California Press, Berkeley, California

Language

English

Word Count

82,500 words, Guess

Page Count

330 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing162568
  • Goodreads3874136

Classifications

  • DDC791.43/6538
  • LCCPN1995.9.S45 W5 1989

Alternate Titles

  • Power, pleasure, and the frenzy of the visible.

Description

In this now-classic study, Linda Williams moves beyond the impasse of the anti-porn/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. For the 1999 edition, Williams has written a new preface and a new epilogue, "On/scenities," illustrated with 26 photographs, and has added a supplementary bibliography.

Subjects

Topics

Pornography791.43/6538Erotic filmsPornographic filmsPn1995.9.s45 w5 1999History and criticismSex in motion pictures

Other Editions

  • Hard core: power, pleasure, and the "frenzy of the visible"University of California Press1989-01-01

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