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Sex Scene: Media and the Sexual Revolution
Eric Schaefer
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Description for Sex Scene: Media and the Sexual Revolution
Paperback. Suggests that what we have come to understand as the sexual revolution of the late 1960s and early 1970s was actually a media revolution. This title examines a range of mass media - film and television, recorded sound, and publishing - that provide evidence of the circulation of sex in the public sphere, from the mainstream to the fringe. Editor(s): Schaefer, Eric. Num Pages: 456 pages, 58 photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; JFC; JFD; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 650.
Sex Scene suggests that what we have come to understand as the sexual revolution of the late 1960s and early 1970s was actually a media revolution. In lively essays, the contributors examine a range of mass media—film and television, recorded sound, and publishing—that provide evidence of the circulation of sex in the public sphere, from the mainstream to the fringe. They discuss art films such as I am Curious (Yellow), mainstream movies including Midnight Cowboy, sexploitation films such as Mantis in Lace, the emergence of erotic film festivals and of gay pornography, the use of multimedia in sex education, and ... Read more
Sex Scene suggests that what we have come to understand as the sexual revolution of the late 1960s and early 1970s was actually a media revolution. In lively essays, the contributors examine a range of mass media—film and television, recorded sound, and publishing—that provide evidence of the circulation of sex in the public sphere, from the mainstream to the fringe. They discuss art films such as I am Curious (Yellow), mainstream movies including Midnight Cowboy, sexploitation films such as Mantis in Lace, the emergence of erotic film festivals and of gay pornography, the use of multimedia in sex education, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
650g
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822356547
SKU
V9780822356547
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About Eric Schaefer
Eric Schaefer is Associate Professor in the Department of Visual and Media Arts at Emerson College. He is the author of "Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!" A History of Exploitation Films, 1919–1959, also published by Duke University Press.
Reviews for Sex Scene: Media and the Sexual Revolution
"[Schaefer has] assembled a stellar lineup of academic authors who know their stuff. That their stuff includes everything from MPAA ratings flaps and 'party records' to the (ahem) rise of porn chic and how TV’s The Love Boat struggled to hint at cabin couplings, means the book is like a class you wish existed, just so you could audit the entire semester. ... Read more