A Train to Hollywood
Porno-Chic in the Polish Cinema of the Late 1980s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6188343 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karol Jachymek (0000-0002-9444-8898, Uniwersytet SWPS, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Issue | 13-3 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-07 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1991-9336 • E-ISSN: 1991-9336 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ejas.13625 |
| OpenAlex | W2910692504 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
Polish cinema in the late 1980s—a period marked in Poland by a transformation of social norms and a mounting pressure on the political authorities from the illegal opposition movement—underwent a significant evolution, part of which was opening up to erotic content reaching Poland from the West in various forms, including the “porno-chic” phenomenon, defined by Brian McNair as being “not porn... but the representation of porn in non-pornographic art and culture.” In my article, I look at some major examples of the porno-chic trend in Polish cinema of the late 1980s and draw on the archival records from the Film Pre-Screening Commission to demonstrate how the political and cultural authorities of the time attempted to co-opt the new “western” trend to improve their standing with an increasingly irate public and to deflate the rising discontent by a supply of an attractive cultural and erotic content
Art · Art history · Commission · Hollywood · Literature · Media studies · Movie theater · Narrative · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Cinema and Media Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Law · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |