Hard to Swallow

Even in our increasingly sexualized culture hard-core pornography and the representation of explicit sex is still hard to swallow. This lively and provocative new collection of essays by leading scholars explores screen representations of pornography and sex in a variety of cultural, historical, and critical contexts. Contributions cover a wide range of topics from sex in the multiplex to online alt-porn, from women in stag films to the excesses of extreme pornography, and a variety of contemporary case studies including porn performance, fashion in hard-core, and gay and lesbian pornography.

Contributors include:

Feona Attwood, Sheffield Hallam University; Rebecca Beirne, University of Newcastle; Karen Boyle, University of Glasgow; Gerry Carlin, University of Wolverhampton; Pamela Church Gibson, University of the Arts, London; Beth Johnson, Keele University; Mark Jones, University of Wolverhampton; Neil Kirkham, University of the Arts, London; Stephen Maddison, University of East London; Brian McNair, Queensland University of Technology; John Mercer, Birmingham City University; Susanna Paasonen, University of Turku; Clarissa Smith, University of Sunderland; Linda Williams, University of California, Berkley.

Claire Hines is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at Southampton Solent University, UK. She is co-author of Fantasy (with Jacqueline Furby, 2011) and her research and publications focus on James Bond, men's magazines, and representations of gender and sexuality on screen.

Darren Kerr is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at Southampton Solent University, UK. He is co-editor of Tainted Love: Screening Sexual Perversities (with Donna Peberdy, 2012) and his research and publications focus on adaptation, pornography, and short films.