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1. 1. Hard Core

   Power, Pleasure, and the 'Frenzy of the Visible

   

   A seminal study of pornographic cinema that investigates how visual evidence—especially the “money shot”—structures representations of sexuality, power, and gender. Drawing on film theory, feminist analysis, psychoanalysis, and cultural history, it traces the genre’s evolution, censorship battles, and industrial practices, examining spectatorship and the cultural demand to see. By placing pornography alongside other “body genres” like horror and melodrama, it shows how pleasure, shame, and control are negotiated on screen and within broader public discourse.

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