You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
From early twentieth-century stag films to 1960s sexploitation pictures to the boom in 1970s “porno chic,” adult cinema's vintage forms are now being reappraised by a new generation of historians, fans, preservationists, and home video entrepreneurs-all of whom depend on and help shape the archive of film history. But what is the present-day allure of these artifacts that have since become eroticized more for their “pastness” than the explicit acts they show? And what are the political implications of recovering these rare but still-visceral films from a less “enlightened,” pre-feminist past? Drawing on media industry analysis, archival theory, and interviews with adult video per...
The charismatic and controversial figure of Mao Zedong has left a deep mark on the history of twentieth-century. His ghostly presence still looms large over China's new capitalist developments, and his legacy has also remarkably spread beyond national borders and into completely different political and social contexts.