Linda Williams (film scholar)
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| - | '''Linda Williams''' is a post-feminist American professor in the Departments of Film Studies and Rhetoric of the University of California, Berkeley who works within [[visual culture]]. She is drawn to film genres that some might characterize as [[lowbrow]] — among them [[melodrama]] and [[pornography]]. She has been regarded as something of an authority on the latter subject since 1989, when she published [[Hard Core: Power, Pleasure|Hard Core: Power, Pleasure, and the “Frenzy of the Visible,”]] a book that details and analyzes the history and forms of moving-image pornography and ''[[Porn Studies]]'' (2004). She has also made appearances in three documentary films: ''[[Pornography: A Secret History of Civilisation]]'' (1999), ''[[Inside Deep Throat]]'' (2005) and ''[[American Stag]]'' (2006). She coined the term [[body genre]]. | + | '''Linda Williams''' is a post-feminist American professor in the Departments of Film Studies and Rhetoric of the [[University of California]], Berkeley who works within [[visual culture]]. She is drawn to film genres that some might characterize as [[lowbrow]] — among them [[melodrama]] and [[pornography]]. She has been regarded as something of an authority on the latter subject since 1989, when she published [[Hard Core: Power, Pleasure|Hard Core: Power, Pleasure, and the “Frenzy of the Visible,”]] a book that details and analyzes the history and forms of moving-image pornography and ''[[Porn Studies]]'' (2004). She has also made appearances in three documentary films: ''[[Pornography: A Secret History of Civilisation]]'' (1999), ''[[Inside Deep Throat]]'' (2005) and ''[[American Stag]]'' (2006). She coined the term [[body genre]]. |
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Linda Williams is a post-feminist American professor in the Departments of Film Studies and Rhetoric of the University of California, Berkeley who works within visual culture. She is drawn to film genres that some might characterize as lowbrow — among them melodrama and pornography. She has been regarded as something of an authority on the latter subject since 1989, when she published Hard Core: Power, Pleasure, and the “Frenzy of the Visible,” a book that details and analyzes the history and forms of moving-image pornography and Porn Studies (2004). She has also made appearances in three documentary films: Pornography: A Secret History of Civilisation (1999), Inside Deep Throat (2005) and American Stag (2006). She coined the term body genre.
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