Hard Core: Power, Pleasure, and the "Frenzy of the Visible", Expanded edition

Way more freudian/feminism/critical than history (which I would have preferred) and a dense read at times but informative all the same. There is history along with the psychological/critical reading of the films, but more of the latter. Interesting feminism take that much of hard core porn is ok. Interesting analogy/comparison between sex scenes in hard core and song-and-dance scenes in musicals. Makes you think about hard core in new ways.

Hardcores author like to use big words and confusing dialog to get her point across. This is a good book if you can get through all the muddle and crap to get to her point. The book definetly reads like a college textbook and it does get tediouse at times. A good book if you have patience

Williams views pornography through feminist and marxist lenses, discussing its embattled political history and its potentially liberating and delimiting effects on culture.

It's an amazing book. For everyone who is searching for a non-christian, non-conservative opinion about pornography. This book presents a new feminist look about the theme

My book did not have the entire first chapter when I received it. It was literally ripped out. For obvious reasons I am not happy with the purchase.

This is an easy to read, comprehensive analysis of visual pornography. Williams is thorough and openminded, and clearly shows that this isn't a homogenous and stereotypical genre. On the contrary, she maintains that all trends visible in other types of movies exist in pornography as well. An interesting read.

I should probably look more closely at the covers of the books that I am ordering online. Any reasonable individual might naturally assume a book entitled "Hard Core" would contain information regarding the apple harvesting industry; however, such is most clearly not the case with Doctor William's book.Despite the initial mix-up, I found this work to be quite titilating. Prior to reading Hard Core, I was only familiar with pornographic films (or "pornos") as an avid viewer. Hubby Rick and I now devote a significant amount of money and time on pornos in the hopes that we might one day fully appreciate, as does Linda Williams, the pornographic film. And our marriage has never been better!

Williams' claim is that all porn is not the same, but her book title is very specific which would lead one to believe she will make claims about only hard core and not about the attendant debates over all of porn's place in society.You have to be suspicious when the majority of reviewers of an academic book have not graduated high school. I can barely get my university students to read academic writing.

All as described

Williams' book is a fascinating contribution to the embryonic academic study of the huge industry which is the porn industry. Williams looks at various aspects of porn giving us a slant on feminist contributions to the burgeoning debate. A scholarly and eloquently written work

Muita rápida (amazon prime) entrega e produto conforme previsto. excelente.