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Porn Studies
Linda (Ed) Williams
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Description for Porn Studies
Paperback. A collection of contemporary work on pornographic film and video, edited by one of the founders of the field Editor(s): Williams, Linda. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 175 x 30. Weight in Grams: 750.
In her pioneering book Hard Core, Linda Williams put moving-image pornography on the map of contemporary scholarship with her analysis of the most popular and enduring of all film and video genres. Now, fifteen years later, she showcases the next generation of critical thinking about pornography and signals new directions for study and teaching. Porn Studies resists the tendency to situate pornography as the outer limit of what can be studied and discussed. With revenues totaling between ten and fourteen billion dollars annually-more than the combined revenues of professional football, basketball, and baseball-visual, hard-core pornography is a central feature of ... Read more
In her pioneering book Hard Core, Linda Williams put moving-image pornography on the map of contemporary scholarship with her analysis of the most popular and enduring of all film and video genres. Now, fifteen years later, she showcases the next generation of critical thinking about pornography and signals new directions for study and teaching. Porn Studies resists the tendency to situate pornography as the outer limit of what can be studied and discussed. With revenues totaling between ten and fourteen billion dollars annually-more than the combined revenues of professional football, basketball, and baseball-visual, hard-core pornography is a central feature of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
764g
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822333128
SKU
V9780822333128
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99-1
About Linda (Ed) Williams
Linda Williams is Professor of Film Studies and Rhetoric and Director of the Program in Film Studies and of the Center for New Media at the University of California, Berkeley. Her books include Playing the Race Card: Melodramas of Black and White from Uncle Tom to O. J. Simpson; Hard Core: Power, Pleasure, and the Frenzy of the Visible ... Read more
Reviews for Porn Studies
Thank God for Linda Williams! She is absolutely brilliant. I have learned an enormous amount from her over the years. She boldly goes where few academics dare. Porn Studies is a smart, much needed, fascinating book, which paves the way and sets the tone for future porn studies. This book boggles and blows my mind. -Annie Sprinkle, postmodern pornographer and ... Read more