Sex scene : media and the sexual revolution / Eric Schaefer, editor.
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.
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| 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: | 1 online resource (x, 470 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780822376804 0822376806 |