The new pornographies: Explicit sex in recent French fiction and film

Synopsis

The Turn Of The 21st Century Has Witnessed The Striking Advance Of Pornography Into The Western Cultural Mainstream. Symptomatic Of This Development Has Been The Use By Writers, Artists, And Film-makers Of The Imagery And Aesthetics Of Pornography, In Works Which Have Achieved Considerable International Success. The Battle Of The Sexes -- Catherine Breillat : Touch/cut -- Inside, Outside : Guillaume Dustan And Erik Rémès -- From Revolution To Abjection -- Critical Distance : Catherine Millet, Virginie Despentes -- Michel Houellebecq : Misery, Pornography, Utopia -- The Uses And Abuses Of Children : Thinking Infantile Eroticism. Victoria Best And Martin Crowley. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 242-258) And Index.