Hard Core: Power, Pleasure, and the "Frenzy of the Visible"

398 Pages·1999·11.089 MB·English

by  Linda Williams

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Contents
Praecfe ix
Foreword XV
1.S peaknigS ex:" ThIend isrceetJ ewel"s 1
2.P rehsiotry:T he" Fernzyo f tVhiseil be" 34
3.T he SatgF ilm:G entiaSlh wo andG eniatlE vent 58
4.F eitshiasnmdH ardC ore:M ar,xF reud,
andt h"eM oneSyh o"t 93
5.G enreci Pelasruse:N umbera ndN arratei v 120
6.H ard-CoreU topisa:P robelmsa ndS olutoins 153
7.P owerP,el ausrea,n dP ervesri:oS nadomsaochisitc
FilmP ornography 184
8.S equesla ndR e-isVoin:s" AD esrieo f
Ones'O wn, 229
Cocnlusion 265
Epilogue 280
Notes 317
WorkCsit ed 341
SuppmleetnarBybi liography 355
Index 361
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