Contemporary erotic cinema

225 Pages·2012·2.75 MB·English

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Douglas Keesey
CONTEMPORARY
EROTIC CINEMA
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First published in 2012 by Kamera Books
an imprint of Oldcastle Books,
PO Box 394, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 1XJ
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Copyright © Douglas Keesey 2012
Series Editor: Hannah Patterson
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ISBN
978-1-84243-363-8
978-1-84243-645-5 (kindle)
978-1-84243-646-2 (epub)
978-1-84243-647-9 (pdf)
Typeset by Elsa Mathern
Printed and bound CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY
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For Helen,
my one true love
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CONTENTS
Introduction 9
1. Erotic Genres 21
2. Erotic Themes 61
3. Erotic Acts 153
Bibliography 201
Notes 207
Index 216
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INTRODUCTION
Sex is sex, right? You know it when you see it, and you certainly
know what it means. A sex scene needs no interpretation; its
sense is self-evident. It is what it is.
Well, picture a couple having sex. Are they ‘fucking’ or ‘making
love’, and how can you tell the difference? Could it be both? If the
man is on top of the woman, is he in a position of dominance or
does it have nothing to do with gender hierarchy? If we call this
the ‘missionary position’, does that give it religious sanction or
remind us of patriarchal religion’s history of subjugating women?
Next we see the two engaged in anal intercourse, with him
‘taking her from behind’. Describing it this way might make
it sound disturbingly forceful and animalistic, but this could be
exactly what she told him she wants to play at doing. If she then
puts on a strap-on dildo and ‘pegs’ him, are they opening up new
avenues for pleasure, or does resorting to a sex toy mean that
their relationship is so tired it now needs artificial aids?
Let’s say he ‘goes down on her’. ‘Giving her head’ could be a
special favour, bowing down before the female sex in a way that
some men won’t do, or it might be his preference and something
she reluctantly (or readily) gives to him. If he now stands above
her while receiving oral sex, is he empowered as the penetrator
or is she the one who has him at her mercy, holding his vulnerable
member in her mouth? If they lie side by side and engage in
69ing, does this make them equals?
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