Hotbeds of Licentiousness is the first substantial critical engagement with British pornography on film across the 1970s, including the "Summer of Love," the rise and fall of the Permissive Society, the arrival of Margaret Thatcher, and beyond. By focusing on a series of colorful filmmakers whose work, while omnipresent during the 1970s, now remains critically ignored, author Benjamin Halligan discusses pornography in terms of lifestyle aspirations and opportunities which point to radical changes in British society. In this way, pornography is approached as a crucial optic with which to consider recent cultural and social history.
- ISBN10 1800734867
- ISBN13 9781800734869
- Publish Date 1 May 2022
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Berghahn Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 362
- Language English
- URL http://berghahnbooks.com/title/HalliganHotbeds