Smutty Little Movies - The Creation and Regulation of Adult Video

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-520-29170-6
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 666 g

In the late 1970s, the adult film industry began the transition from celluloid to home video. Smutty Little Movies traces this change and examines the cultural and legal efforts to regulate, contain, limit, or eradicate pornography. Drawing on a wide variety of materials, Smutty Little Movies de-centers the film text in favor of industry histories and contexts. In so doing, the book argues that the struggles to contain and regulate pleasure represent a primary starting point for situating adult video’s place in a larger history, not just of pornography, but of media history as a whole.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alilunas, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Filmindustrie
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgattungen, Filmgenre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Prologue. Naked Ladies and Ice Cream Bars
Introduction. Smaller Than Life: Adult Video, Pleasure, and Control
1. Panorams, Motels, and Pirates: The Origins of Adult Video
2. Adult Video News: Selling XXX without the Sex
3. The Means of Production: Vivid Video and Femme Productions
4. Saving the Family: Video Rental Stores and the Toxicity of Pornography
Epilogue. Limousines and Legacies

Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Alilunas is Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of Oregon.