Intercourse in Television and Film - The Presentation of Explicit Sex Acts

Intercourse in Television and Film analyses the use of explicit sex in contemporary visual media, drawing on films and television series from several countries and in many genres to raise questions about the choices of actors and directors and the integration of themes of sexuality into visual narratives.

List of contents

Introduction

PART ONE: Sex and Cinematic Traditions

Chapter One: Fine Arts and Ugly Arts: Blue Is the Warmest Color, Abdellatif Kechiche's Corporeal State of the Nation
Tim Palmer
Chapter Two: The Heroine's Journey: Taboo Sex and Characterization in Dogtooth
Lindsay Coleman

PART TWO: Sex in Queer Cinema

Chapter Three: Blurred Lines: The Case of Stranger by the Lake
Connor Winterton
Chapter Four: Documenting Everyday Male Intimacies in Contemporary Queer Cinema
Sarah Janssen

PART THREE: Sex Documentary/Docudrama

Chapter Five: Cruising the Interior. Leather Bar: Gay Sex, Then and Then Again
Evangelos Tziallas
Chapter Six: Heterotopias of Confession: Whores' Glory, Sex, and Dispossession
Kyle Sittig

PART FOUR: Sex on Television

Chapter Seven: "Monsters all, are we not?": Sex and the Human Connection in Penny Dreadful
Amber Strother
Chapter Eight: Two Funerals and a Wedding: Not So Nice Jewish Girls in Transparent and Broad City
Carol Siegel

Index
About the Editors and Contributors

About the author

Edited by Lindsay Coleman and Carol Siegel - Contributions by Lindsay Coleman; Sara Janssen; Tim Palmer; Carol Siegel; Kyle Sittig; Amber Strother; Evangelos Tziallas and Connor Winterton

Summary

Intercourse in Television and Film analyses the use of explicit sex in contemporary visual media, drawing on films and television series from several countries and in many genres to raise questions about the choices of actors and directors and the integration of themes of sexuality into visual narratives.

Product details

• Authors: Lindsay Siegel Coleman
• Assisted by: Lindsay Coleman (Editor), Coleman Lindsay (Editor), Carol Siegel (Editor), Siegel Carol (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781498555104
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-5510-4
• No. of pages: 202
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Pornography, Communication Studies, Sociology: sexual relations, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Gay Studies (Gay Men), SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies, Relating to gay people, Ethical Issues: Pornography & Obscenity, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics