{"product_id":"provocauteurs-and-provocations-screening-sex-in-21st-century-media-hardback-9780253052117","title":"Provocauteurs and Provocations; Screening Sex in 21st Century Media (Hardback) 9780253052117","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eProvocauteurs and Provocations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eScreening Sex in 21st Century Media\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMaria San Filippo (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253052117\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 February 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e442 pages, 25 b\u0026amp;w illus. - 25 Illustrations, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.748 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwenty-first century media has increasingly turned to provocative sexual content to generate buzz and stand out within a glut of programming. New distribution technologies enable and amplify these provocations, and encourage the branding of media creators as \"provocauteurs\" known for challenging sexual conventions and representational norms.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile such strategies may at times be no more than a profitable lure, the most probing and powerful instances of sexual provocation serve to illuminate, question, and transform our understanding of sex and sexuality. In \u003ci\u003eProvoc\u003c\/i\u003eauteurs\u003ci\u003e and Provocations\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning author Maria San Filippo looks at the provocative in films, television series, web series and videos, entertainment industry publicity materials, and social media discourses and explores its potential to create alternative, even radical ways of screening sex. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThroughout this edgy volume, San Filippo reassesses troubling texts and divisive figures, examining controversial strategies—from \"real sex\" scenes to scandalous marketing campaigns to full-frontal nudity—to reveal the critical role that sexual provocation plays as an authorial signature and promotional strategy within the contemporary media landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue: Tangled Up in \u003ci\u003eBlue\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Provocations\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e1. Selling Sex: Scandalous Marketing Campaigns and the Millennial Watercooler Movie\u003cbr\u003e2. Full-Frontal Provocation: Male Nudity as Non-Phallic Masculinity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Provoc\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eauteurs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e3. Art Porn Provoc\u003ci\u003eauteurs\u003c\/i\u003e: Feminist Critique through Corpo\u003ci\u003ereality\u003c\/i\u003e in the Work of Catherine Breillat and Lena Dunham\u003cbr\u003e4. Inbetweener (In)Appropriations: \"Bad Queer\" Provoc\u003ci\u003eauteurs\u003c\/i\u003e Lisa Cholodenko and Desiree Akhavan\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Still Taboo? Provocative Acts, Vulnerable Viewing\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525340066072,"sku":"9780253052117","price":59.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/provocauteurs-and-provocations-screening-sex-in-21st-century-media-hardback-9780253052117","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}