Selling Sex on Screen
| Author | : Karen A. Ritzenhoff |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 282 |
| Release | : 2015-07-16 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781442253544 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1442253541 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (541 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Selling Sex on Screen by : Karen A. Ritzenhoff
Download or read book Selling Sex on Screen written by Karen A. Ritzenhoff and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume explores contemporary and historical films about “marked women” in various national cinema traditions. The essays focus on the depictions of prostitution and promiscuity in visual media from Silent Film in America to Weimar Cinema in Germany, the Golden Years in Hollywood, to the present. The book also touches on the Western genre, exploitation film, pornography, independent, and exploitation movies.