Screening Sex /

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Looks at the cinematic conventions for portraying sex acts from early representations of the kiss to more explicit depictions of sex in contemporary art films.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Linda, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sex in motion pictures.
Erotic films.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
ART > Film & Video.
Films erotiques > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Sexualite au cinema.
Erotic films > United States > History and criticism.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Of kisses 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
  • 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!

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