Sex, Society, and the Making of Pornography: The Pornographic Object of Knowledge

by Jeffrey Escoffier

Book Overview

Hardcore pornographic films combine fantasy and real sex to create a unique genre of entertainment. Pornographic films are also historical documents that give us access to the sexual behavior and eroticism of different historical periods. This book shows how the making of pornographic films is a social process that draws on the fantasies, sexual scripts, and sexual identities of performers, writers, directors, and editors to produce sexually exciting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978820143
• ISBN13: 9781978820142
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher