Why does screen sex compel fascination as well as elicit dissatisfaction, censure, regulation,and even disgust?How has the moving image visualised bodies, sex acts, sexualities, fantasies and taboos?
How have these representations and receptions changed over time?How has cinema shaped our understandingof sex?
This module provides an examination of the history, theorization and criticism of screen sex, exploring the conditions through which sex, carnality and corporeal pleasure are made visible and palpable through the moving image. Proceeding chronologically, with a focus on primarily American and European film contexts, the module explores varied approachesto screen sexuality and the erotic–spanning film exhibition and industrial history, legal history, feminist film and quee
