Hard Core: Power, Pleasure, and the "Frenzy of the Visible"

I think it's pretty ridiculous to read some of the reviews regarding this book. “It's dry” or “It's dated” Did it not occur to those readers that they are reading an academic film theory book? Or that at the time of publishing it was a pioneering study? Williams captivated me with her comparisons of porn to musicals and S&M to the final girl in horror films. I laughed out loud when she described what it must have been like for the Greek gods, Zeus and Hera, to watch porn together. Although I have yet to read other academic studies of porn, it's clear Williams gave porn studies worth - validation that the genre had more going on then explicit sex.