Screening sex

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The author describes how sex acts have been represented on screen since 1896 and how audiences have watched and experienced those representations. She analyses: Last tango in Paris, Deep throat, Boys in the sand, In the realm of the senses, Blue Velvet and Brokeback Mountain. She describes art films since the 1990s, in which sex is aggressive, loveless or alienated.

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Full title :Screening sex / Linda Williams.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2008.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Combined Academic [distributor], Duke University Press
Place of Publication:Durham, N.C
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008.

Notes

A John Hope Franklin Center book.

The Physical Object

Description:x, 412 p. : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0822342634, 9780822342632, 0822342855, 9780822342854
oclc:ocn833289976
LC Classification:PN1995.9.S45
Dewey Decimal:791.436538

Of kisses and ellipses : the long adolescence of American movies (1896-1963) -- Going all the way : carnal knowledge on American screens (1961-1971) -- Going further : Last tango in Paris, Deep throat, and Boys in the sand (1971-1972) -- Make love, not war : Jane Fonda comes home (1968-1978) -- Hard-core eroticism : In the realm of the senses (1976) -- Primal scenes on American screens (1986-2005) -- Philosophy in the bedroom : hard-core art since the 1990s -- Conclusion: now playing on a small screen near you!

Subjects

anno 1900-1999 Criticism, interpretation, etc Erotic films Erotic films -- History and criticism. … Film Films érotiques -- Histoire et critique… Sex in motion pictures Sexology Sexualité au cinéma United States