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Why do many of the most prominent books and films of the last decade return obsessively to the themes and imagery of pornography? Discussing many of France’s most successful and scandalous contemporary writers and directors, this book is the first to address this important trend.

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Introduction
1. The battle of the sexes
2. Catherine Breillat: Touch/Cut
3. Inside, Outside: Guillaume Dustan, Érik Rémès
4. From revolution to abjection
5. Critical diistance : Catherine Millet, Virginie Despentes
6. Michel Houellebecq: Misery, pornography, utopia
7. The uses and abuses of children

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 12/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719073984, 978-0719073984
      ISBN10: 0719073987

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Why do many of the most prominent books and films of the last decade return obsessively to the themes and imagery of pornography? Discussing many of France’s most successful and scandalous contemporary writers and directors, this book is the first to address this important trend.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1. The battle of the sexes
      2. Catherine Breillat: Touch/Cut
      3. Inside, Outside: Guillaume Dustan, Érik Rémès
      4. From revolution to abjection
      5. Critical diistance : Catherine Millet, Virginie Despentes
      6. Michel Houellebecq: Misery, pornography, utopia
      7. The uses and abuses of children

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