| Description |
viii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-195) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Sexy Thrills: Undressing the Erotic Thriller -- 1. Situating the Erotic Thriller as a Women's Genre -- 2. How to be a Good Female Heterosexual: The Erotic Thriller's Instructional Discourses -- 3. The Subject of Passion, the Object of Murder: Soft-core's Refashioning of the Gothic and Film Noir Genres -- 4. Viewing the Problem: Therapeutic Discourses and Soft-core's "Talking Cure" -- 5. Surveillance, Subjectivity, and Soft-core: "You Like to Watch, Don't You?" -- Conclusion: Whose Porn is it?: The Case of Women: Stories of Passion. |
| Subject |
Erotic films -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Erotic films. |
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United States. |
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Thrillers (Motion pictures) -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures) |
| ISBN |
0252074378 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780252031953 cloth alkaline paper |
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0252031954 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780252074370 paperback alkaline paper |
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