New Pornographies - Explicit Sex in Recent French Fiction and Film

Informationen zum Autor Victoria Best is Lecturer in French at St John's College, Cambridge Martin Crowley is Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Queen's College Klappentext Why do many of the most prominent books and films of the last decade return obsessively to the themes and imagery of pornography? Discussing many of France's most successful and scandalous contemporary writers and directors, this book is the first to address this important trend. Zusammenfassung Why do many of the most prominent books and films of the last decade return obsessively to the themes and imagery of pornography? Discussing many of France’s most successful and scandalous contemporary writers and directors, this book is the first to address this important trend. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. The battle of the sexes2. Catherine Breillat: Touch/Cut3. Inside, Outside: Guillaume Dustan, Érik Rémès4. From revolution to abjection5. Critical diistance : Catherine Millet, Virginie Despentes6. Michel Houellebecq: Misery, pornography, utopia7. The uses and abuses of children

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Victoria Best, Victoria Crowley Best, Martin Crowley
• Con la collaborazione di: Victoria Best (Editore), Martin Crowley (Editore)
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.09.2012
• EAN: 9780719073991
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-7399-1
• Pagine: 272
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Fotografia, cinematografia, video, TV