Lasse Braun, rape scenarios, and Swedish censorship

A case study of two 8-mm porn films featuring rape

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13086408
AutoresMariah Larsson (0000-0001-7696-2095, Stockholm University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen4
Número1
Páginas23-34
Fecha de publicación2017-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPorn Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2326-8743 • E-ISSN: 2326-8751
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23268743.2016.1240949
OpenAlexW2580675450
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas15

This article examines rape scenarios in two pornographic 8-mm films by Lasse Braun: White Fantasies/Black Power (1969) and Cerimony (1971). Furthermore, it begins an exploration of Lasse Braun, an important figure in late-1960s and early-1970s pornography. Finally, because both films were censored by the Swedish National Board of Film Censors, the article considers their specific national-historical contexts including the legal situation for pornography in Sweden and the shifting discourses on rape in the 1970s, to open up a discussion of whether the elimination of violence in pornographic representations actually makes them less misogynist. The censorship decisions clearly echoed anxieties about race and gender provoked by these two films. A closer look at the films reveals a knowing approach, not only to sexual fantasies, but also to contemporary political and aesthetic movements

Art · Censorship · Forensic engineering · Political science · Cinema and Media Studies · Engineering · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology