GWSS 1060 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Female Chauvinist Pigs, Heteronormativity, Intersectionality

• School: University of Iowa
• Department: Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies
• Course: GWSS 1060
• Professor: Creekmur Corey

Document Summary

The erotic, the pornographic, and the camera: began using cameras to show that these are real humans nudity rather than a painting that the audience may never know who posed for it. The erotic (cid:1688)cleopatra(cid:1689) titled sex to get others attention. The pornographic: actors used false names, more at home rather than shown publically. The production (hays) code: rules and regulations on what"s acceptable in motion pictures. Instead of government censoring movies, the movie industry will (cid:1688)censor themselves(cid:1689) The displacement of sex by romance: the up-close kiss, the sexual yet classy dance (acceptable way for others to touch, hollywood would hint at sexual encounters rather than showing them, they would let your mind wonder and imagine. The rise (and fall) of the pornographic feature films: locating the spectacle of sex within the context of narrative, redefining the economically expedient (16mm) as artistically motivated, securing mainstream commercial exhibition, to get them into real movie theaters.