Anxiety and Desire in France’s Gay Pornographic Film Boom, 1974–1983

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Callwood
Keyword(s):  
Pornographic Film

Exploring the Prevalence of Aggression in Pornographic Film

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick H. Meehan
Keyword(s):  
Pornographic Film

Every Detail Counts: Robert Stoller, Perversion and the Production of Pornography

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-52
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Escoffier
Keyword(s):  
Film Industry ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Systematic Method ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Sexuality And Gender ◽  
Pornographic Film ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Do So

After the publication of his pioneering book Sexual Excitement in 1979, Robert Stoller devoted the last 12 years of his life to the study of the pornographic film industry. To do so, he conducted an ethnographic study of people working in the industry in order to find out how it produced ‘perverse fantasies’ that successfully communicated sexual excitement to other people. In the course of his investigation he observed and interviewed those involved in the making of pornographic films. He hypothesized that the ‘scenarios’ developed and performed by people in the porn industry were based on their own perverse fantasies and their frustrations, injuries and conflicts over sexuality and gender; and that the porn industry had developed a systematic method and accumulated a sophisticated body of knowledge about the production of sexual excitement. This paper explores Stoller's theses and shows how they fared in his investigation.

scholarly journals Women’s Pleasure Online? A Contrasting Analysis of One Japanese Mainstream and One Women’s Pornographic Film from the Internet

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-64
Author(s):  
Katharina Helm
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Gender Representations ◽  
Pornographic Film ◽  
Stage Analysis ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract This paper introduces the results of a two-stage analysis of one Japanese mainstream and one women’s pornographic film from the Internet, asking whether any differences between the gender representations of both sexes can be observed, and whether these differences correspond to the films’ Western counterparts. In the first stage, the films are being analysed regarding their correspondence to characteristics of mainstream pornography and, respectively, criteria of women’s pornography, which were developed through Western feminists’ debates. The detailed case studies of the two films that were selected as examples deal with their general and sexual contents, aesthetic elements, dialogues, and the appearance of the characters. In the second stage, the gender roles are being examined. The analysis firstly confirms that both films correspond to their Western counterparts and that they contain substantial differences concerning contents, aesthetic elements, dialogues, and the quality of the displayed relationship of the characters. Secondly, the paper shows that the gender representations in the mainstream pornographic film stick to conventional gender roles related to this genre, with an emphasis on male-centered sexual practices, which are linked to the female body’s objectification. By contrast, the women’s pornographic film features-besides female-friendly sexual practices-non-sexual aspects of the relationship between the characters and introduces an alternative male role model.

Strange Legacies of Thought and Passion

2018 ◽  
pp. 142-170
Author(s):  
Laura Helen Marks
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Sexual History ◽  
Sexual Subjectivity ◽  
Aids Pandemic ◽  
Pornographic Film ◽  
Picture Of Dorian Gray ◽  
History Of ◽  
Dorian Gray ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Meanwhile, adaptations of Oscar Wilde’s queer classic The Picture of Dorian Gray extend and elaborate on explorations of the double by explicitly invoking histories of sexual representation in connection to the sensual qualities of technology and nostalgia. In chapter 5, “`Strange Legacies of Thought and Passion’: Technologies of the Flesh and the Queering Effect of Dorian Gray,” I continue my analysis of the relationship between pornography, legacy, doubles, and technology through a close examination of two films based on Wilde’s novel: Take Off (1976) and Gluttony (2001). More than any other text, Dorian Gray engenders pornographic engagement with erotic legacy and the role of technology in the erotics of representation. Like Wilde’s novel, these films interrogate beauty and mortality, haunted at the margins by Wilde’s tragic fate and the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Drawing on Wilde’s magic portrait as a predecessor, Take Off and Gluttony ruminate on mortality and relate it to the sensual, tactile qualities of evolving, mobile visual technologies and the role these technologies play in sexual subjectivity. Pornographic film, Weston and West suggest, is the inheritor to Wilde’s portrait. Both films draw on Wilde’s tale in order to address the media on which the self is captured, the shifting technologies used to exhibit this self, and the relationship of technology and media to the corporeal body. Through their reimagining of histories of Hollywood and pornographic film, respectively, Take Off and Gluttony signal the affective relationship between technology, pornography, decay, and popular culture, tracing a hardcore sexual history of the self that constitutes a sexual lineage.

Violence in the Hard-core Pornographic Film: A Historical Survey

1984 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 148-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph W. Slade
Keyword(s):  
Hard Core ◽  
Historical Survey ◽  
Pornographic Film

scholarly journals Faktor Penglibatan Remaja dalam Salah Laku Seksual: Kajian Terhadap Remaja Hamil Luar Nikah di Pusat Pemulihan Akhlak Negeri Selangor

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-109
Author(s):  
Mariam Abd. Majid ◽  
Nurul Zafirah Azman ◽  
Nurul Izzah Mohd Yani
Keyword(s):  
Peer Influence ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Sexual Misconduct ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Rehabilitation Centre ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
Pornographic Film ◽  
Main Factors

The young generation today is deemed as the human capital for the country in the future. This generation would be responsible in implementing and shaping the country’s leadership and development. Nevertheless, the issues relating to the teenagers’ involvement in social problems in the country has set a concern especially on the escalating number of premarital pregnancies among teenagers. Statistics from the Ministry of Health has shown a total of 79,302 cases involving premarital pregnancies among teenagers below 18 years of age within 5 years starting from the year 2012 to 2016. This qualitative case study research aims to bring forth the main factors of teenagers’ involvement in sexual misconduct which has led to premarital pregnancies. The findings were obtained through a partial structured interview method with an administrator, a warden from Selangor Rehabilitation Centre and four teenagers who involved in sexual misconduct. All informants were selected using a purposive sampling method. The transcription of the interview was analysed to structure the themes and sub themes of the data. The overall findings found that the main factors for teenagers’ involvement in sexual misconduct were due to several causes: love, voluntarily act, rape, pornographic film and video, weakness in family institutions, family conflicts, ignorance and weak religious practice, peer influence, drug addiction and involvement in illegal racing. The outcome from this research is hoped to assist all parties in curbing this problem related to sexual misconduct and premarital pregnancies among teenagers in this country. ABSTRAK Generasi remaja pada hari ini merupakan modal insan negara pada masa akan datang. Peranan mencorak kepimpinan dan pembangunan negara pada masa hadapan bakal dilaksanakan oleh mereka. Namun, pendedahan berita pelbagai isu berkaitan keterlibatan remaja dalam gejala sosial yang berlaku dalam negara mencetus keadaan yang sangat membimbangkan antaranya peningkatan kes hamil tanpa nikah golongan remaja. Statistik Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia mencatatkan sebanyak 79,302 kes remaja bawah 18 tahun hamil tanpa nikah dalam tempoh lima (5) tahun iaitu bermula dari tahun 2012-2016. Artikel ini bertujuan mengemukakan faktor-faktor penglibatan remaja dalam salah laku seksual sehingga hamil tanpa nikah. Kajian ini berbentuk kualitatif dengan reka bentuk kajian kes. Data kajian diperolehi menerusi kaedah temubual separa struktur terhadap seorang pentadbir, seorang warden di Pusat Pemulihan Akhlak di Negeri Selangor serta empat orang remaja yang hamil tanpa nikah. Kesemua informen kajian dipilih melalui kaedah persampelan bertujuan. Transkripsi temubual dianalisis untuk pembentukan tema dan sub tema. Dapatan kajian mendapati bahawa antara faktor penglibatan remaja dalam salah laku seksual ialah kerana percintaan dan kerelaan sendiri, mangsa rogol, menonton video dan filem porno, kelemahan institusi keluarga, konflik dalam keluarga, kejahilan dan pengabaian amalan beragama, pengaruh rakan sebaya, pengambilan pil khayal dan penglibatan dalam perlumbaan haram. Diharapkan dapatan ini dapat membantu semua pihak dalam usaha membendung gejala ini daripada terus meningkat.

Associations between pornography consumption and sexual practices among adolescents in Sweden

2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Häggström-Nordin ◽  
U Hanson ◽  
T Tydén
Keyword(s):  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Sexual Debut ◽  
Anal Intercourse ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Early Age ◽  
High Consumption ◽  
Pornography Consumption ◽  
Pornographic Film ◽  
Group Sex

Pornography consumption and sexual behaviour were studied, with an aim to investigate any associations. Participants were 718 students from 47 high school classes, mean age 18 years, in a medium-sized Swedish city. More men (98%) than women (72%) had ever consumed pornography. More male high consumers than low consumers or women got sexually aroused by, fantasized about, or tried to perform acts seen in a pornographic film ( P<0.001). Three-quarters of the sample had had sexual intercourse, of which 71% reported contraceptive use at first intercourse. Anal intercourse was reported by 16%, with infrequent condom use (39%). Intercourse with a friend (adjusted odds ratio (adj. OR) 2.29; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.27–4.12) was significantly associated with high consumption of pornography among men, while anal intercourse (adj. OR 1.99; 95% CI 0.95-4.16) and group sex (adj. OR 1.95; 95% CI 0.70-5.47) tended to be associated. A significant confounder was early age of sexual debut (adj. OR 1.49; 95% CI 1.18-1.88).

scholarly journals Interview with Singapore Film Director Ken Kwek

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Uhde
Keyword(s):  
Kindergarten Teacher ◽  
Film Production ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Pornographic Film ◽  
City State ◽  
The City

INTERVIEW WITH SINGAPORE FILM DIRECTOR KEN KWEKKen Kwek is a Singapore filmmaker whose fresh satirical comedy Sex.Violence.FamilyValues (2012) stirred the relatively calm waters of the city-state’ s film production. It consists of three stories: “Cartoons,” “Porn Masala” and “The Bouncer”. In “Cartoons”, a mother is called by the kindergarten teacher concerning the drawings of her son; the “Porn Masala” is about the shooting of a pornographic film about a middle-aged Indian man having sex with a young virgin; in “The Bouncer”, a nightclub bouncer becomes anxious when he realizes his daughter is about to perform as a pole dancer there. The three stories challenge, through irony and unexpected twists of the plot, some conventional per- ceptions of contemporary Singapore society. Apparently misunderstood by some, the movie was banned in Singapore after its scheduled premiere in October 2012, but was eventually re-released in March 2013. ...

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