Sex scene media and the sexual revolution
Sex Scene suggests that what we have come to understand as the sexual revolution of the late 1960s and early 1970s was actually a media revolution. In lively essays, the contributors examine a range of mass media-film and television, recorded sound, and publishing-that provide evidence of the circul...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Durham
Duke University Press
2014, 2014
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Sex Scene suggests that what we have come to understand as the sexual revolution of the late 1960s and early 1970s was actually a media revolution. In lively essays, the contributors examine a range of mass media-film and television, recorded sound, and publishing-that provide evidence of the circulation of sex in the public sphere, from the mainstream to the fringe. They discuss art films such as I Am Curious (Yellow), mainstream movies including Midnight Cowboy, and sexploitation films such as Mantis in Lace; the emergence of erotic film festivals and of gay |
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| Physical Description: | x, 470 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781306639859 1306639859 0822356546 9780822356424 9780822356547 0822356422 |