Soft in the middle : the contemporary softcore feature in its contexts / David Andrews.
Soft in the middle : the contemporary softcore feature in its contexts / David Andrews.
Soft in the middle : the contemporary softcore feature in its contexts / David Andrews.
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Publisher
Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2006.
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N791.43653/40
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 334 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Introduction : approaching the softcore feature -- Ch. 2. Soft v. hard -- Ch. 3. The disorderly feminization of classical sexploitation : tracing the genealogy of contemporary softcore -- Ch. 4. "Spicy, but not obscene" : industrial and formal retooling in 1980s sexploitation -- Ch. 5. Class,...
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Publisher
Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2006.
Place of Publication
Ohio
Date Published
c2006.
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Summary
"Soft in the Middle demonstrates that softcore's under-the-radar success and pervasive cultural devaluation may be understood in terms of the "postfeminist" strategies employed by successive generations of producers and distributors, each intent on overcoming obstacles to the mainstream distribution of pornographic material. Softcore and its Americ...
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Soft in the middle : the contemporary softcore feature in its contexts / David Andrews.
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Includes filmography: p. 288-304.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-315) and index.
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N791.43653/40
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74VK7oJaBKZM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK7oJaBKZM
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ISBN
0814291066 (cd-rom)
9780814210222 (cloth : alk. paper)
0814210228 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814291061 (cd-rom)
DDC
791.4365380973
MMS ID
991022889239702626
