Smutty Little Movies: The Creation and Regulation of Adult Video (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780520291706)

In the late 1970s, the adult film industry began the transition from celluloid to home video. Smutty Little Movies traces this change and examines the cultural and legal efforts to regulate, contain, limit, or eradicate pornography. Drawing on a wide variety of materials, Smutty Little Movies de-centers the film text in favor of industry histories and contexts. In so doing, the book argues that the struggles to contain and regulate pleasure represent a primary starting point for situating adult video's place in a larger history, not just of pornography, but of media history as a whole.

Author: Peter Alilunas
ISBN-10: 0520291700
ISBN-13: 9780520291706
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 08/23/2016
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2017