مراکز فساد: فیلم‌های جذاب بریتانیایی و جامعه مجاز

__Hotbeds of Licentiousness__ is the first substantial critical engagement with British pornography on film across the 1970s, including the “Summer of Love,” the rise and fall of the Permissive Society, the arrival of Margaret Thatcher, and beyond. By focusing on a series of colorful filmmakers whose work, while omnipresent during the 1970s, now remains critically ignored, author Benjamin Halligan discusses pornography in terms of lifestyle aspirations and opportunities which point to radical changes in British society. In this way, pornography is approached as a crucial optic with which to consider recent cultural and social history. Contents List of Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction. The Soul of Pornography Part I. The Permissive Society and Its Discontents 1 Two Notional Regimes of Permissiveness 2 An Anti-Permissive Front Part II. The Hardcore 3 The ‘Connoisseur of Female Beauty’ and the ‘Curve Prospector’: Harrison Marks and Russell Gay 4 Erectile Dysfunction and Societal Dysfunctionality: The John Lindsay Loops Part III. The Softcore 5 Derek Ford in Essex 6 Tory Erotica: Sexual Fantasies for the Nouveau Riche 7 David Hamilton and Uranian Aesthetics Coda. Post-Permissive Pornography 8 ‘Fucking Bang Me Like a Slag!’: Men with Men after Thatcher Conclusion. ‘That’s What the Average Man Wants’ References Index "Hotbeds of Licentiousness is the first substantial critical engagement with British pornography on film across the 1970s, including the "Summer of Love," the rise and fall of the Permissive Society, the arrival of Margaret Thatcher, and beyond. By focusing on a series of colorful filmmakers whose work, while omnipresent during the 1970s, now remains critically ignored, author Benjamin Halligan discusses pornography in terms of lifestyle aspirations and opportunities which point to radical changes in British society. In this way, pornography is approached as a crucial optic with which to consider recent cultural and social history"-- Provided by publisher

Hotbeds of Licentiousness is the first substantial critical engagement with British pornography on film across the 1970s, including the "Summer of Love, " the rise and fall of the Permissive Society, the arrival of Margaret Thatcher, and beyond. By focusing on a series of colorful filmmakers whose work, while omnipresent during the 1970s, now remains critically ignored, author Benjamin Halligan discusses pornography in terms of lifestyle aspirations and opportunities which point to radical changes in British society. In this way, pornography is approached as a crucial optic with which to consider recent cultural and social history.