Smutty Little Movies
The Creation and Regulation of Adult Video
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Film, History & Criticism, Performing Arts, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies
| Author: | Peter Alilunas | ISBN: | 9780520965362 |
| Publisher: | University of California Press | Publication: | August 23, 2016 |
| Imprint: | University of California Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Peter Alilunas |
| ISBN: | 9780520965362 |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Publication: | August 23, 2016 |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| Language: | English |
In the late 1970s, the adult film industry began the transition from celluloid to home video. Smutty Little Movies traces this change and examines the cultural and legal efforts to regulate, contain, limit, or eradicate pornography. Drawing on a wide variety of materials, Smutty Little Movies de-centers the film text in favor of industry histories and contexts. In so doing, the book argues that the struggles to contain and regulate pleasure represent a primary starting point for situating adult video’s place in a larger history, not just of pornography, but of media history as a whole.
In the late 1970s, the adult film industry began the transition from celluloid to home video. Smutty Little Movies traces this change and examines the cultural and legal efforts to regulate, contain, limit, or eradicate pornography. Drawing on a wide variety of materials, Smutty Little Movies de-centers the film text in favor of industry histories and contexts. In so doing, the book argues that the struggles to contain and regulate pleasure represent a primary starting point for situating adult video’s place in a larger history, not just of pornography, but of media history as a whole.
