Miller-Young A Taste for Brown Sugar

Black Women in Pornography
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7591-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 392 Seiten

Based on extensive archival and ethnographic research on dozens of women who have worked in adult entertainment since the 1980s, A Taste for Brown Sugar boldly takes on representations of black women’s sexuality in the porn industry.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Miller-Young, Mireille

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Prostitution und Sexindustrie: Soziale & Ethische Themen
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. Confessions of a Black Feminist Academic Photographer vii

Acknowledgments viii

Introduction. Brown Sugar: Theorizing Black Women's Sexual Labor in Photography 1

1. Sepia Sex Scenes: Spectacles of Difference in Race Porn 23

2. Sexy Soul Sisters: Black Women in the Golden Era 66

3. Black Chicks: Marketing Black Women in the Video Era 104

4. Ho Theory: Black Female Sexuality at the Convergence of Hip Hop and Pornography 142

5. (Black) Porn Star: Aspirations and Realities in Porn Work 180

6. Behind the Scenes: Confronting Disempowerment and Creating Change in Black Women's Porn Work 226

Epilogue. Behind the Camera: Black Women's Illicit Erotic Interventions 263

Notes 283

Bibliography 315

Index 355

Über Autor(innen)

Mireille Miller-Young is Associate Professor of Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is a coeditor of The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure.