Natalie Purcell

Violence and the Pornographic Imaginary

The Politics of Sex, Gender, and Aggression in Hardcore Pornography

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Purcell uses comparative critical readings of popular U.S. pornographies to illuminate the changing psychosocial foundations of sexually aggressive fantasies. By examining how depictions of violence in pornography have changed over the past forty years, she investigates the evolving desires and anxieties of the genreà â â s growing U.S. audience.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 187mm x 240mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9781138653603
• ISBN-10: 1138653608
• Artikelnr.: 45161923

Autorenporträt

Natalie Purcell holds a PhD in Sociology from University of California, Santa Cruz and is currently a Presidential Management Fellow at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Inhaltsangabe

Selected Contents: Introduction: Violence and the Pornographic Imaginary 1. "Just Fantasy": Rethinking the Pornographic
the Fantastic
and the Real 2. Golden-Age Assaults: Heat and Hostility in 1970s Pornography 3. Romance and Rebellion: The Two Faces of 1980s Pornography 4. Expressive Bodies
Intense Encounters: Realism in 1990s Pornography 5. Banal Brutality: In Search of Extremes in 2000s Pornography 6. Sex
Gender
and Power: Aesthetics of Arousal in Contemporary Pornography 7. Body and Soul: Pleasure
Pain
and Self-Revelation in Today's Hardcore 8.Conclusion: Pornography
Feminism
and Tomorrow's Sexual Politics