Reflexivity in the Pornographic Films of Candida Royalle

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ID2392702
AuthorsJames K Beggan (0000-0001-8745-9719, University of Louisville, USA, [email protected]), Scott T Allison (0000-0003-3459-8453, University of Richmond, USA, [email protected])
Year2003
Volume6
Issue3-4
Pages301-324
Publication date2003-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSexualities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1363-4607 • E-ISSN: 1461-7382
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/136346070363003
OpenAlexW2095206480
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited36

Both conventional wisdom and prior scholarship indicate that women typically find pornography less appealing than men. Recently, researchers have suggested that the sexually explicit films of Candida Royalle represent a new form of pornography that is more attractive to women. We examined the films of Candida Royalle in terms of reflexivity, a film technique that draws attention to film conventions and the filmmaking process within the context of a film. We identify three reflexive processes that operate in Candida Royalle's films and consider how they may contribute to the development of a subject space that makes her films more appealing to women, in comparison to traditional pornographic films. The benefits of this new subject space are considered

Aesthetics · Art · Context (archaeology · Film studies · Filmmaking · Movie theater · Political science · Pornography · Psychoanalysis · Reflexivity · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Subject (documents · Visual arts · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology

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