The turn of the twenty-first century has witnessed an eruption of
nonfiction films on sex work. The first book to examine a
cross-section of this diverse and transnational body of work,
Sexography confronts the ethical questions raised by ethnographic
documentary and interviews with sexually marginalized subjects.
Nicholas de Villiers argues that carnal and cultural knowledge are
inextricably entangled in ethnographic sex work documentaries. De
Villiers offers a reading of cinema as a technology of truth and
advances a theory of confessional and counterconfessional
performance by the interviewed subject who must negotiate both
loaded questions and stigma. He pays special attention to the
tactical negotiation of power in these films and how cultural and
geopolitical shifts have affected sex work and sex workers.
Throughout, Sexography analyzes the films of a range of
non–sex-worker filmmakers, including Jennie Livingston, Pier
Paolo Pasolini, Shohini Ghosh, and Cui Zi’en, as well as films
produced by sex workers. In addition, it identifies important
parallels and intersections between queer and sex worker rights
activist movements and their documentary historiography. De
Villiers ultimately demonstrates how commercial sex is intertwined
with culture and power. He advocates shifting our approach from
scrutinizing the motives of those who sell sex to examining the
motives and roles of the filmmakers and transnational audiences
creating and consuming films about sex work.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
March 2017 |
| First published: |
2017 |
| Authors: |
Nicholas De Villiers
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| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 38mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
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| Pages: |
288 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5179-0015-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
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| LSN: |
1-5179-0015-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781517900151 |
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