Hard to Swallow

Hard-Core Pornography on Screen

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by Claire Hines and Darren Kerr

Type

Studies

Subject

Genre > Porn films

Keywords

pornographic films

Publishing date

2012

Publisher

Wallflower Press

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 244 pages
6 ¼ x 9 ½ inches (16 x 24 cm)

ISBN

978-0-231-16210-4

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Book Presentation:
Even in our increasingly sexualized culture hard-core pornography and the representation of explicit sex is still hard to swallow. This lively and provocative new collection of essays by leading scholars explores screen representations of pornography and sex in a variety of cultural, historical, and critical contexts. Contributions cover a wide range of topics from sex in the multiplex to online alt-porn, from women in stag films to the excesses of extreme pornography, and a variety of contemporary case studies including porn performance, fashion in hard-core, and gay and lesbian pornography.

About the authors:
Claire Hines is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at Southampton Solent University, UK. She is co-author of Fantasy (with Jacqueline Furby, 2011) and her research and publications focus on James Bond, men's magazines, and representations of gender and sexuality on screen. Darren Kerr is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at Southampton Solent University, UK. He is co-editor of Tainted Love: Screening Sexual Perversities (with Donna Peberdy, 2012) and his research and publications focus on adaptation, pornography, and short films.

Press Reviews:
An excellent snapshot of porn studies as they are today and provides an insight into the range and quality of critical engagement with hardcore pornography in the industry, in the academy, and beyond. Laura Ellen Joyce, New Review of Film and Television Studies

The book is rich of information. Thierry Leterre, Journal of the International Network for Sexual Ethics and Politics, Vol 4/2016

See the publisher website: Wallflower Press