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Perspectives on Pornography

Sexuality in Film and Literature

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Gary Day
      Pages 1-5
  3. Historical

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
    2. Grinding with the Bachelors

      • Clive Bloom
      Pages 9-25
    3. Disseminating Desire

      • Richard Ellis
      Pages 26-43
    4. Feature-length Sex Films

      • Anthony Crabbe
      Pages 44-66
  4. Theoretical

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
    2. Is the Gaze Feminist?

      • Maggie Humm
      Pages 69-82
    3. Looking at Women

      • Gary Day
      Pages 83-100
    4. Romance Fiction

      • Alison Assiter
      Pages 101-109
  5. Critical

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
    2. Beyond Ideology

      • Michael Woolf
      Pages 113-128
    3. Pope’s Rape of Excess

      • Laura Claridge
      Pages 129-143
    4. Wayward Girls but Wicked Women?

      • Avis Lewallen
      Pages 144-158
    5. Sex and the Superman

      • Carol Diethe
      Pages 159-174
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 175-178

About this book

Dealing with moral, political and sexual tensions, this volume provides a forum for male/female dialogue concerning the history, dissemination and consequences of pornographic representaion in film and literature, aiming to challenge established views and inspire further exploration and debate.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Middlesex Polytechnic, UK

    Gary Day, Clive Bloom

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