From sexual perversion to social trauma: terrorism, titillation and Italian erotic cinema

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Abstract

This chapter considers a range of Italian erotic cinema releases from the 1970s, contextualizing these film patterns against wider political and terrorist fears that were dominant in Italy during this period.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Tainted Love
Subtitle of host publication	Screening Sexual Perversion
Editors	Darren Kerr , Donna Peberdy
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Bloomsbury Academic
Chapter	4
Pages	63-83
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	9781780761961
Publication status	Published (VoR) - 28 Sept 2017

Keywords

cult film
gender studies
film theory

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