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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: 9/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780719073991, 978-0719073991
    ISBN10: 0719073995
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    Films, cinema Individual film directors Sex and sexuality, social aspects

    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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