{"product_id":"hotbeds-of-licentiousness-the-british-glamour-film-and-the-permissive-society-9781800734869","title":"Hotbeds of Licentiousness: The British Glamour","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHotbeds of Licentiousness\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Halligan thrives when exploring a text’s cultural contradictions and the cracks in the philosophies underpinning the work. However, the book’s greatest asset is in taking these films (which rarely appear in most histories of British cinema) seriously.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Halligan has uncovered a new canon of British filmmakers who for the most part have been ignored in previous histories, who played an important role in this secretive, frequently controversial world…In his new book… we get some fascinating insight into the history of British pornography and its connection to politics and the campaigning against it of groups such as the Festival of Light.. For anyone interested in this occasionally murky aspect of British film industry, this is an essential addition to a library.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Cinema Retro\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This book is a thought-provoking read not only for devotees of British cinema, but for anybody interested in the byways of film production, how obscenity is defined, the rationale for censorship and that liminal area where film interacts with the prevailing culture.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Off Screen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Soul of Pornography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: The Permissive Society and Its Discontents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Two Notional Regimes of Permissiveness\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e An Anti-Permissive Front\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: The Hardcore\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e The ‘Connoisseur of Female Beauty’ and the ‘Curve Prospector’: Harrison Marks and Russell Gay\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Erectile and Societal Dysfunctionality: The John Lindsay Loops\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: The Softcore\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Derek Ford in Essex\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Tory Erotica: Sexual Fantasies for the Nouveau Riche\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e David Hamilton’s Uranian Cinema\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eCoda:\u003c\/strong\u003e Post-Permissive Pornography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘Fucking Bang Me Like a Slag!’: Men with Men after Thatcher\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘That’s What the Average Man Wants’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tReference List\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042745942359,"sku":"9781800734869","price":96.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800734869.jpg?v=1750955442","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hotbeds-of-licentiousness-the-british-glamour-film-and-the-permissive-society-9781800734869","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}