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Abstinence Cinema: Virginity and the Rhetoric of Sexual Purity in Contemporary Film
| Full title: | Abstinence Cinema: Virginity and the Rhetoric of Sexual Purity in Contemporary Film |
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| ISBN: | 9780813575100 |
| ISBN 10: | 0813575109 |
| Authors: | Kelly, Casey Ryan |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press |
| Edition: | None |
| Num. pages: | 210 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Language: | en |
| Published on: | 2016 |
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Synopsis
Introduction: The Cinema Of Abstinence -- Melodrama And Postfeminist Abstinence: The Twilight Saga (2008-2012) -- Man/boys And Born-again Virgins: The 40-year-old Virgin (2005) -- Monstrous Girls And Absentee Fathers: The Possession (2012) -- Abstinence, The Global Sex Industry, And Racial Violence: Taken (2008) -- Sexploitation In Abstinence Satires -- Conclusion: Counternarratives. Casey Ryan Kelly. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 177-192) And Index.