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The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema by Linda Ruth Williams is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema about?
A bold and original study, this is the first book to examine in detail a new genre which evolved since the 1980s in tandem with shifts in the culture of sexuality and the rise of video - the erotic thriller. The book traces the erotic thriller's exploitation of pornography and noir, discusses mainstream stars (such as Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone) alongside genre-branded direct-to-video stars, charts the work of key producers and directors, and reads home-viewing as a distinct form of spectatorial pleasure. It maps the history of 'suspense in suspenders' films, analysing hundreds of movies from blockbusters such as __Basic Instinct__, __Fatal Attraction__ and __In the Cut__ to straight-to-video film titles such as __Carnal Crimes__, __Sins of Desire__ and __Night Eyes__. __The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema__ reads genre as laying bare the poetics of the cinematic marketplace. The erotic thriller plays out the sexual fantasies of contemporary America, which are marketed globally. Williams's witty and illuminating readings not only tell the story of this sensational genre, but contribute to the analysis of mainstream screen sex - and its censorship - at the beginning of
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Linda Ruth Williams
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781474473606
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Thriller, Performing Arts, History