Edinburgh University Press The Sex Scene: Space, Place, Industry (Screening Sex)

Discusses the critical and cultural value of the sex scene Brings together a range of disciplines and approaches: film, television and screen studies, media and communication studies, cultural studies, gender and sexuality studies, sociology, audience studies, queer theory and affect studies Case studies are drawn from adult film and hardcore pornography, cult film, Japanese tantai films, UK and US television drama, documentary and pornumentary, independent cinema, art cinema, underground cinema, sexploitation, classical and mainstream genres Films, directors, TV series and showrunners discussed include Call Me By Your Name, The Handmaiden, I May Destroy You, Normal People, Sex Education, Bruce LaBruce, Russell T. Davies, Desiree Akhavan, Chantal Akerman and Jane Campion Explores debates central to contemporary sexual culture and sexual politics that unpack and challenge established binaries and concepts such as censorship and regulation, pornography and art, and labour and exploitation The Sex Scene Volume 1: Space, Place and History complements The Sex Scene Volume 2: Representation, Performance Industry. The volumes are also intended to work as standalone collections, offering a comprehensive yet accessible starting point for students, scholars and researchers exploring representations of sex on screen and its significance in sexual cultures. Collectively, the essays consider histories and controversies (screen, legal, censorial, critical), industrial contexts and labour (writing, directing, performing, editing), the mise-en-scène of the sex scene (content, aesthetics, representation) and temporality and approach (in genres, form and style).