Screening Sex

Name: Screening Sex
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ISBN: 9780822342854

ISBN-10: 0822342855

ISBN-13: 9780822342854

Edition: 2008

Authors: Linda Williams

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For many years, kisses were the only sexual acts to be seen in mainstream American movies. Then, in the 1960s and 1970s, American cinema "grew up" in response to the sexual revolution, and movie audiences came to expect more knowledge about what happened between the sheets. InScreening Sex, the renowned film scholar Linda Williams investigates how sex acts have been represented on screen for more than a century and, just as important, how we have watched and experienced those representations. Whether examining the arch artistry ofLast Tango in Paris, the on-screen orgasms of Jane Fonda, or the anal sex of two cowboys inBrokeback Mountain, Williams illuminates the forms of pleasure and…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 9/23/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Of Kissing and Ellipses: The Long Adolescence of American Movies (1896-1963)



Going All the Way: Carnal Knowledge on American Screens (1961-1971)



Going Further: Last Tango in Paris, Deep Throat, and Boys in the Sand (1971-1972)



Make Love, Not War: Jane Fonda Comes Home (1968-1978)



Hard-Core Eroticism: In the Realm of the Senses (1976)



Primal Scenes on American Screens (1986-2005)



Philosophy in the Bedroom: Hard-Core Art since the 1990s


Conclusion: Now Playing on a Small Screen near You!


Notes


Bibliography


Index