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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://portlandstate.worldcat.org/oclc/250669273 Title: The price of pleasure : pornography, sexuality & relationships Author: Miguel Picker; Chyng-Feng Sun; Robert Wosnitzer; Matthew Tennie; Tim McDonough; Andy Kaempfer; Gail Dines; Robert Jensen; Richard D Wolff; Ana Bridges; Ariel Levy; Pamela Paul; John Stagliano; Joanna Angel; Ernest Greene; Sarah Katherine Lewis; Noam Chomsky; Open Lens Media; Media Education Foundation Publisher: Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, ©2008. ISBN/ISSN: 1932869263 9781932869262 OCLC:250669273

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The price of pleasure : pornography, sexuality & relationships

Author:	Miguel Picker; Chyng-Feng Sun; Robert Wosnitzer; Matthew Tennie; Tim McDonough; All authors
Publisher:	Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, ©2008.
Edition/Format:	DVD video : English : Widescreen formatView all editions and formats
Summary:	"Once relegated to the margins of society, pornography has emerged as one of the most visible and profitable sectors of the cultural industries, assuming an unprecedented role in the mainstream of our popular culture at the same time that its content has become more extreme and harsh, more overtly sexist and racist. This eye-opening and disturbing film places the voices of critics, producers, and performers Read more...

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Genre/Form:	Documentary films Nonfiction films Documentary
Material Type:	Videorecording, Internet resource
Document Type:	Visual material, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Miguel Picker; Chyng-Feng Sun; Robert Wosnitzer; Matthew Tennie; Tim McDonough; Andy Kaempfer; Gail Dines; Robert Jensen; Richard D Wolff; Ana Bridges; Ariel Levy; Pamela Paul; John Stagliano; Joanna Angel; Ernest Greene; Sarah Katherine Lewis; Noam Chomsky; Open Lens Media.; Media Education Foundation. Find more information about:
ISBN:	1932869263 9781932869262
OCLC Number:	250669273
Language Note:	In English with optional English subtitles.
Notes:	Originally produced as a documentary in 2008. Special features: "blurred" version of the film (edited for the classroom); "Chomsky on pornography" featurette (4 min.); "Donkey punch" featurette (2 min.).
Credits:	Director of photography, Miguel Picker ; edited by Miguel Picker ; original music & sound design, Miguel Picker.
Performer(s):	Narration, Matthew Tennie, Timothy McDonough, Andy Kaempfer ; interviewees: Gail Dines, Robert Jensen, Richard Wolff, Ana Bridges, Ariel Levy, Pamela Paul, John Stagliano, Joanna Angel, Ernest Greene, Sarah Katherine Lewis, Noam Chomsky.
Target Audience:	"Viewer discretion is advised, contains violence, nudity & sexual imagery"--Container.
Description:	1 videodisc (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Details:	DVD.
Contents:	Introduction (12:15 min.) -- Porn stars : myths and realities (6:31 min.) -- Just a fantasy? (15:32 min.) -- Empowered by porn? (7:46 min.) -- Harder and harder (11:48 min.).
Other Titles:	Chomsky on pornography. Donkey punch. Pornography, sexuality & relationships Pornography, sexuality and relationships
Responsibility:	Open Lens Media presents ; produced and directed by Miguel Picker & Chyng Sun ; written by Chyng Sun & Robert Wosnitzer.
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"Once relegated to the margins of society, pornography has emerged as one of the most visible and profitable sectors of the cultural industries, assuming an unprecedented role in the mainstream of our popular culture at the same time that its content has become more extreme and harsh, more overtly sexist and racist. This eye-opening and disturbing film places the voices of critics, producers, and performers alongside the observations of men and women as they candidly discuss the role pornography has played in shaping their sexual imaginations and relationships. [The film] moves beyond the liberal versus conservative debates so common in the culture to paint a myth-busting and nuanced portrait of how pleasure and pain, commerce and power, liberty and responsibility have become intertwined in the most intimate areas of our lives"--Container.

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The Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality and Relationships

(EMRO user published 2009-01-29 ) Very Good

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Once restricted to plain paper-wrapped mail delivery and questionable âart houseâ distribution in the most dubious parts of town, pornography has rapidly spread through mainstream popular culture in the last few decades to emerge as a multi-billion dollar industry. Its surprising corporate partners include ABC, CBS, Disney, and Time-Warner. With boosts from shock disc jockeys such as Howard Stern, the growing practice of hiring professional porn actors for music videos, and the availability of celebrity-sponsored adult videogames, pornography has gained acceptance as adult entertainment.

This documentary raises legitimate questions about pornographyâs impact on how people formulate their ideas about sexual relationships. Academics, college students reflecting on their earliest encounters with pornography, a wifeâs response to finding her husbandâs stash of erotic photographs, pornography consumers, and a variety of people who produce or star in pornographic films provide a balanced range of viewpoints on the nature of pornography.

The Free Speech Coalition, a lobbyist group for the porn industry, is successfully winning lawsuits and winning over politicians. Proponents of pornography tout its financial opportunities for women. More tellingly, a former porn actress comments that when a womanâs best job choice involves sex toys and her anatomy, there is something fundamentally wrong with the labor system. Perhaps most disturbing are the observations about the growing trend toward sadomasochism in pornography as it becomes more and more sensationalized.

The Donkey Punch bonus feature is a 2-minute presentation of a âboinkâ how-to article describing the benefit of knocking out a female during intercourse to enhance the maleâs pleasure, along with reactions by female students and a defense by Boink (Boston, MA) magazineâs female editor.

The Chomsky on Pornography bonus feature is a 3-minute interview of Noam Chomsky in which he explains how and why he agreed to have an interview published in a 2004 issue of Hustler magazine and a definitive clarification of his anti-pornography position.

Both the audio and video quality are fine. Due to the graphic imagery and explicit language throughout the documentary, even its edited version is suitable only for college and adult audiences. (The edited version merely blurs genitals and nipples in clips from porn films and production footage.) Nevertheless, professors and community audiences may find this controversial documentary a useful springboard for a wide range of topics, including explorations of mass mediaâs influence on human intimacy, racist and sexist themes in popular culture, and underlying power equations in sexual relationships.

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