Academic study of pornography
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In American academia since the late 20th century, the theory of pornography has been far more predominant than in previous decades. James Atlas was one of the first to point out the trend in a 1999 article on the subject, which includes an interview with Linda Williams.
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Linda Williams
Linda Williams is drawn to film genres that some might characterize as lowbrow — among them melodrama and pornography, genres which she calls body genres. 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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