A decolonial critique of ‘authentic’ pleasure in contemporary Australian heteroporn
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13086291 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T Gregory (0000-0001-8394-9278, UNSW Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 224-240 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Porn Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2326-8743 • E-ISSN: 2326-8751 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23268743.2020.1850330 |
| OpenAlex | W3122541873 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 28 |
Authenticity in new wave heteroporn is characterized by a commitment to ethical and transparent production, diversity, and mutual pleasure. Lightsouthern is a contemporary new wave Australian porn producer claiming to capture ‘authentically sexy Aussie experience’. This article examines Lightsouthern’s statements, behind-the-scenes videos, interviews, and contracts to reveal how authentic pleasure is constructed and contrasted to 1990s Australian heteroporn. The article positions Lightsouthern’s representation of ‘real’, inclusive pleasures as an evolution of the co-development of settler sexuality and pornography. Lightsouthern’s commitment to transparency and diversity are specific neocolonial strategies that represent settler pleasure as harmonious, unproblematic, and inclusive. Two examples of potentially decolonial pornography, NDNGirls.com and Fuck the Fascism, are analyzed to expose the problems of ‘real’ pleasure in settler heteroporn. The article argues that depoliticizing pleasure to markers of authenticity, inclusivity, and diversity in settler heteroporn masks the ongoing role of settler sexuality and pornography in denying Indigenous desires, representation, and futures
Aesthetics · Art · Diversity (politics · Human sexuality · Indigenous · Pleasure · Political science · Politics · Pornography · Representation (politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Law · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
The White Possessive
Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power
Precarious Creativity
Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens
The Black Body in Ecstasy
Reading Rodney King/Reading Urban Uprising
Indigenous Australian women’s colonial sexual intimacies
The pathological native’ versus ‘the good white girl’
The maintenance of white heteronormativity in porn films that use Australia as an exotic location
NDNGirls and Pocahotties
Fisting is not permitted’
Australian gay porn videos
To Know Ourselves
Reconciling Nicci Lane
Settler colonialism and the elimination of the native
The Cunning of Recognition
Orgasmology
Introduction
Risk and Utopia
Spaces between Us
Pornography, Indigeneity and Neocolonialism
Pandemic
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |