Best / Crowley The new pornographies

Explicit sex in recent French fiction and film
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-5261-4182-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Web PDF, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Why do many of the most prominent books and films of the last decade return obsessively to the themes and imagery of pornography? Discussing many of France’s most successful and scandalous contemporary writers and directors, this book is the first to address this important trend.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Best, Victoria

Crowley, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Sexualpsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. The battle of the sexes
2. Catherine Breillat: Touch/Cut
3. Inside, Outside: Guillaume Dustan, Érik Rémès
4. From revolution to abjection
5. Critical diistance: Catherine Millet, Virginie Despentes
6. Michel Houellebecq: Misery, pornography, utopia
7. The uses and abuses of children

Über Autor(innen)

Best Victoria:
Victoria Best is Lecturer in French at St John's College, CambridgeCrowley Martin:
Martin Crowley is Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Queen's CollegeVictoria Best is Lecturer in French at St John's College, Cambridge. Martin Crowley is Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Queen's College