Hard core : power, pleasure, and the "frenzy of the visible" / Linda Williams.
- Williams, Linda, 1946-
- Date:
- 1999, ©1989
- Books
- Online
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About this work
Also known as
Power, pleasure, and the "frenzy of the visible"
Publication/Creation
Berkeley : University of California Press, 1999, ©1989.
Physical description
xviii, 380 pages ; 23 cm
Series
Edition
Expanded pbk. ed.
Contents
Speaking sex : "the indiscreet jewels" -- Prehistory : the "frenzy of the visible" -- The stag film : genital show and genital event -- Fetishism and hard core : Marx, Freud, and the "money shot" -- Generic pleasures : number and narrative -- Hard-core utopias : problems and solutions -- Power, pleasure, and perversion : sadomasochistic film pornography -- Sequels and re-visions : "a desire of one's own."
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-359) and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2012. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.