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ScirNiiric corriiirr
Feona Aiiwood (Middlesex Univeisiiy)
Maiiana Baliai (Univeisidade Fedeial Fluminense)
Paiiicl Baudiy (Univeisiie de Boideaux)
Olivei Caiiei (Biiminglam Ciiy Univeisiiy)
Giacomo Manzoli (Univeisiia di Bologna)
Wencle Fugelli Mlleisen (Univeisiieiei i Siavangei)
Kaiiien }acobs (Tle Clinese Univeisiiy of Hong Kong)
Peiei Lelman (Aiizona Siaie Univeisiiy)
Gloiia Lauii-Lucenie (Univeisiiy of Malia)
Alan McKee (Queensland Univeisiiy of Teclnology)
}oln Meicei (Biiminglam Ciiy Univeisiiy)
Miieille Millei-Young (Univeisiiy of Califoinia Sania Baibaia)
Peppino Oiioleva (Univeisiia degli Siudi di Toiino)
Susanna Paasonen (Tuiun yliopisio - Univeisiiy of Tuilu)
Maiio Peiniola (Univeisiia di Roma "Toi Veigaia")
Maic Siegel (Goeile-Univeisiiai Fianlfuii am Main)
Claiissa Smiil (Univeisiiy of Sundeiland)
Magnus Ullen (Kailsiads Univeisiiei)
Tlomas Waugl (Concoidia Univeisiiy)
PORN AFTER PORN
Coniempoiaiy Alieinaiive Poinogiaplies
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Eniico Biasin, Giovanna Maina, Fedeiico Zecca
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INTERNATIONAL FILM STUDIES SPRING SCHOOL wiil ile suppoii of:

Tur Boox Srvirs
MnvviNc PovNocvnvuirs: Hisiovirs, Grocvnvuirs, Cuiiuvrs
Tle piojeci of ilis Bool Seiies is giounded on ile aclnowl-
edgemeni ilai a iloiougl analysis of ile lisioiical and geogiapl-
ical disiinciive feaiuies of poinogiaply is fundamenial in oidei
io aclieve a deepei and moie complex undeisianding of poinog-
iaply iiself as a culiuial foim. On one land, in faci, ile piojeci
aims io ieconsiiuci ile :$*=&#$%)@ ,)#$)A@/* ilai defne ile %?@=?#)@
/B$*=/"%/ of poinogiaplic flms and videos, ileieby esiablisling
ile condiiions ilai aciually male ileii exisience possible. On ile
oilei, ile piojeci iniends io iiace ile 8/&8#)7:$%)@ %&"*=)"=* ilai
disiinguisl ile dieieni poinogiaplic foims in ieims of ")=$&")@,
#/8$&")@, and %?@=?#)@ $0/"=$=C. Tle main objeciive of ilis bool
seiies, ileiefoie, is io map ile seveial D&#7:&@&8$%)@ /B7#/**$&"*
(and =#)"*E&#D)=$&"*) ilai laid-coie maieiials lave undeigone
duiing ileii lisioiical evoluiion and geogiaplical dieieniiaiion.
Tlis bool seiies las been conceived wiilin ile coniexi of ile
Poin Siudies Seciion of ile MAGIS - Inieinaiional Film Siudies
Spiing Sclool of Goiizia. Tle MAGIS, founded in :oo, is an iniei-
naiional docioial sclool piomoied by a clusiei of Euiopean Uni-
veisiiies undei ile cooidinaiion of ile Univeisiiy of Udine (Iialy),
and piovides inieidisciplinaiy seminais and woilslops on iopics
sucl as cinema and visual aiis, flm leiiiage, and posi-cinema. In
:oio, ile Sclool las inauguiaied a Poin Siudies Seciion, wlicl is
now one of ile mosi ielevani Euiopean academic confeiences en-
iiiely devoied io ile siudy of poinogiaply: a veiy impoiiani space
of discussion foi Euiopean as well as Exiia-Euiopean sclolais, and
a momeni of inieiaciion beiween sclolais and PlD and MA siu-
denis.
(e.b, g.m., f.z.)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INivoouciioN
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TuiNcs io Do wiiu iur AiirvNniivr
Fiagmeniaiion and Disiinciion in Online Poin
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Ideniiiy and ile Aesileiics of "Oileiness" in Subculiuial Eioiica
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"Iis IrvovinNi Tuni You DoN'i Srrii n Suii oN Tuis Siurr"
Aesileiics and Poliiics in Ali Poin
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Poliiical and Aesileiic Legacies of Queei, Feminisi and
Lesbian Poinogiaply
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Gendeied Embodimeni in Audience Recepiion Piaciices
of Poinogiaply
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FOREWORD
Tle pioduciion and consumpiion of diveise poinogiaplies is fai
fiom a new plenomenon, ilougl ile idea of "poin" as a singulai
"iling" and as a social pioblem las dominaied almosi all public
discouise on ile iopic io daie. Tle academic siudy of ilese poi-
nogiaplies las been spuiied on by ile incieasing public visibiliiy
of dieieni iypes of poinogiaply and ile giadual emeigence of a
bioadei feld of poin siudies. Discussions of ile poin ilai comes
afiei "poin" as ii las been piesenied in ilis lind of discouise lave
so fai iended io focus aiound poinogiaplies ilai aie expeiienced
as paiiiculaily "ieal" because of ileii aesileiics oi oiigins, as well as
ilose ilai aie moiivaied by poliiical, aiiisiic and eilical conceins.
Tlese discussions lave been noiable in aiiiaciing aiiisis, aciiv-
isis and academics ai evenis sucl as ile neipoin confeiences in
Amsieidam in :oo and :ooy, ile poin flm fesiival and posi poin
symposium in Beilin in :oo6, ile Aise Eleciionica confeiences
ilai lave examined sex and ieclnologies eacl yeai since :ooy, and
ile US Sex :.o confeiences in :ooS and :ooq ilai focused on ile
ileme of social media, feminism and sexualiiy.
Tle fisi Amsieidam neipoin confeience consideied "ile po- "ile po-
ieniial of aii and ciiiical ieseaicl in iimes of leigliened infoima-
iion suiveillance, flieiing and censoislip,"
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wlile ile Beilin sym- Beilin sym-
posium emplasized ile need "io iale poin seiiously |.j io slow
new ways and siiaiegies io pioduce 'beiiei' poin beyond ile main-
siieam as well as io ciiiically analyze ile pieseni and ile lisioiy of
ile genie."
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Tle associaied anilologies ediied by Kaiiien }acobs,
i liip:]]neiwoilculiuies.oig]wpmu]poiial]aiclive]neipoin]. Accessed }a-
nuaiy o, :oi(.
: liip:]]www.caicl-fie.com]:oio]o:]oui-now-posi-poin-poliiics]. Acces-
sed }anuaiy o, :oi(.
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Maiije }anssen and Maiieo Pasquinelli (:ooy) and Tim Siuiigen
(:ooq), wlo sadly died in :oi, piovided an impoiiani focus foi
discussion beyond ile confeiences.
"Posi poin" las been an impoiiani ieim iliougloui ilese dis-
cussions, used io desciibe woil ilai is explicii, poliiicized and
clallenging. Tle ieim is associaied wiil ile woil of ile "posi
poin modeinisi," Annie Spiinlle, wlicl ioams acioss ile caiego-
iies of aii, poinogiaply, sex woil, educaiion, poliiics and spiiiiu-
aliiy. Posi poin woil disiupis ile boundaiies beiween media and
peifoimance genies and clallenges ile ways ilai paiiiculai iypes
of woil aie caiegoiized and valued. Given ilai poinogiaply las
ofien been populaily associaied wiil oppiessive ideas of gendei
and sexualiiy, ii is also noiable foi a commiimeni io queei and
feminisi poliiics. Anoilei focus of inieiesi las been "neipoin" and
ile ways ilai "online ieclnologies ie-siiuciuie ile poinogiaplic"
(Paasonen :oio, i:qS). A iliid las been on DIY, an eilos ilai ex- . A iliid las been on DIY, an eilos ilai ex-
iends acioss new and alieinaiive sexual culiuies, subculiuial sexu-
aliiies, linl communiiies, and ile amaieui poinogiaplies ilai aie
paii of a bioadei coniempoiaiy and paiiicipaioiy culiuie.
Wlai piaciice and siudy in ilese iliee aieas las done is io com-
plicaie ideas of a singulai "poin indusiiy" and of sexual laboui
moie geneially. Ii las enabled ile discussion of wlai susiainable,
faii iiade, gieen, and eilical poinogiaplies migli lool lile, and
allowed foi ile examinaiion of ile ways in wlicl poinogiaplies
may be souices of communiiy, culiuie, consumpiion and ciiizen-
slip all ai once. Ii las slown ilai boundaiies beiween ideniiiy,
piaciice, communiiy, iniimacy, faniasy and iepieseniaiion cannoi
be fimly diawn any moie, if indeed iley evei could.
One of ile misappielensions aboui siudies of "poin afiei poin"
is ilai iley misinieipiei wlai iley fnd as evidence ilai ileie aie
iwo basic and opposing iypes of poin, lence ile accusaiion ilai
is someiimes made ilai siudying new poinogiaplies is a way of
avoiding ile analysis of "ieal" oi "iypical" poin, concepiualized as
"mainsiieam," "coolie-cuiiei," "leieiopoin," and claiacieiized by
"poinonoimaiiviiy." Bui wlai ile siudy of alieinaiive poinogia-
plies incieasingly suggesis is ilai wlile mainsiieam and alieina-
iive, poin and posi poin aie inciedibly useful as caiegoiies foi ile
puiposes of compaiison and invesiigaiion, as well as foi sialing
claims io ideniiiy and communiiy, ilose caiegoiies aie uliimaiely
F. Aiiwood - .&#/F&#0 i
aiiifcial. Railei ilan dismiss ile siudy of new and alieinaiive poi-
nogiaplies, we need io iecognize ileii impoiiance foi ile siudy of
poinogiaplies of all linds and ile culiuies ilai pioduce ilem.
Tlis colleciion, feaiuiing many of ilose wlo lave lad ile mosi
io oei io ile siudy of "poin afiei poin" is a veiy welcome publica-
iion ilai coniiibuies io ile fuiilei opening up of poin siudies.
Coniinuing in ile spiiii of eailiei collaboiaiive woil beiween aii-
isis, aciivisis and academics ii advances an appioacl ilai slows
low commeicial and non-commeicial, mainsiieam and alieina-
iive, piofessional and amaieui aie incieasingly eniangled, as well
as ile diveisiiy and disiinciiveness of coniempoiaiy poinogia-
plies.
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}acobs, Kaiiien, Maiije }anssen and Maiieo Pasquinelli, eds. :ooy. 2IM$%K
-/; 5 4/=7&#" G=?0$/* Q/)0/#. Amsieidam: Insiiiuie of Neiwoil Cul-
iuies.
Paasonen, Susanna. :oio. "Labois of Love: Neipoin, Web :.o, and ile
Meanings of Amaieuiism." 4/F -/0$) )"0 G&%$/=C i: (S): i:qy-ii:.
Siiigen, Tim, ed. :ooq. 9&*= 6 9&#" 6 9&@$=$%*; X?//#Y./D$"$*= 9/#*7/%Z
=$,/* &" =:/ 9&@$=$%* &E 9&#" 9/#E&#D)"%/ )"0 G/BYP&#K )* 2?@=?#/ 9#&Z
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INTRODUCTION
Tlis bool examines ile "alieinaiive poinogiaplies" wlicl lave
giadually peneiiaied ile poinospleie afiei ile digiial ievolu-
iion. Alilougl foims of dieieniiaiion, oi even "iesisiance," fiom
a dominani (leieiosexual and leieionoimaiive) discouise lave
always been a paii of ile poinogiaplic genie's lisioiical develop-
meni (Williams |iqSqj iqqq), ii is only ilanls io ile spieading
of digiial ieclnologies and neiwoiled disiiibuiion clannels ilai
an aiiay of dieieni subjeciiviiies - women, LGBT and queei, non
noimaiive bodies and iasie (sub)culiuies - lave found full dis-
cuisive, poliiical, and someiimes commeicial visibiliiy wiilin ile
bioad aiena of poinogiaply and aduli enieiiainmeni.
Howevei, ile idea of "ile alieinaiive" iiself biings some piob-
lemaiic issues io ile foie, mosi especially conceining ile vaiieiy
and diveisiiy of poinogiaplic foims ilai could fall undei ilis ex-
iensive defniiion. Specifcally, ii is quiie diculi io undeisiand
wlai }oanna Angel's "laidcoie punl iocl emo poin," Diana Toi-
ies's "poin ieiioiism," and P$E/CI* P&#@0's domesiic "oial" exploiis
migli lave in common, apaii fiom ileii "opposiiional" siaius.
Regaidless of ileii dieiences, ilese new poinogiaplies seem
in faci io slaie ai leasi one common iiaii, foi iley all "aiiempi io
defne ilemselves iliougl a ,)#$/=C &E &77&*$=$&"* io mainsiieam
culiuie - and especially mainsiieam poin" (Aiiwood :ooy, ((q;
emplasis added). Tlese new "poin piofessionals" and aciivisis
(Aiiwood :oio) lay explicii claim io poliiical aniagonism (as in
posi poin oi queei]feminisi poin), develop a dieieni mailei-
posiiioning siiaiegy, and cieaie a couniei-aesileiics (as is ile case
wiil amaieui and ali]indie poin). In so doing, noi only iley claim
a specifc slaied (and opposiiional) ideniiiy, bui iley also, io some
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exieni, give consisiency io ile noiion of mainsiieam, in iiself a
"neuiial" caiegoiy ilai exisis mainly because of ilis opposiiion.
As a ceniial issue in ile siudy of alieinaiive poinogiaplies, ilis
conicied ielaiionslip beiween alieinaiive and mainsiieam is a
leiimoiiv iliougloui ilis anilology, bui paiiiculaily diiecily ad-
diessed in oui fisi foui essays. In lei aiiicle, Susanna Paasonen
deals wiil ile impossibiliiy of cleaily sepaiaiing ile iwo spleies
in ile "meslwoil" of coniempoiaiy online poinogiaply. Bill Os-
geiby and Claiissa Smiil focus ileii aiieniions specifcally on ali
poin: wlile ile foimei invesiigaies ile coniioveisial aiiiculaiion
of a subculiuial "Oileiness" in websiies lile G?$%$0/ +$#@* and ile
(@?/ (@&&0 neiwoil, ile laiiei inquiies inio ile amplibolic socio-
economic siaius of ali poin pioduceis lile }oanna Angel and Eon
McKai. Giovanna Maina's clapiei focuses on ile iepieseniaiion-
al and enunciaiive inieiseciions beiween queei poin and gonzo
iliougl ile analysis of a :ooq flm diiecied by ile mainsiieam
poin siai Belladonna.
Coniempoiaiy alieinaiive poinogiaplies slaie oilei com-
mon iiaiis in ileii claims io exceed "noimal" (mainsiieam) poin
in ieims of aesileiics, ideniiiy poliiics, and useis' expeiience. In
ilese ways, ilese poinogiaplic foims seem io posiiion ilemselves
afiei and beyond "poin," - i.e. afiei a common sense idea of poin
undeisiood as a fxed, unpieieniious and alisioiical "monoliil"
- ievealing an incieased self-consciousness and moie ambiiious
aims.
Boiiowing and adapiing Andie Bazin's noiion of *?#ZF/*=/#" -
inaccuiaiely iianslaied in Englisl as "supei wesiein," ilus paiily
beiiaying iis oiiginal meaning - we could desciibe ilis lind of
poinogiaply as a (ienewed) poin ilai doesn'i wani "io be jusi ii-
self, and lools foi some addiiional inieiesi io jusiify iis exisience
- an aesileiic, sociological, moial, psyclological, poliiical |.j in-
ieiesi, in sloii some qualiiy exiiinsic io ile genie and wlicl is
supposed io eniicl ii" (|iqyj :oo, ii). Tlis idea of *?#Z7&#"&
could be pioduciively employed io desciibe ile siaius of coniem-
poiaiy alieinaiive poinogiaplies: poin ilai iefuses io be "simply
poin" and fnds dieieni meanings and a new #)$*&" 0I=#/ "oui-
side" iiself - in "some addiiional inieiesi" - wlile always iemain-
ing faiilful io some of iis own basic geneiic ieneis.
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Tlis "addiiional inieiesi" is ofien embodied by ile poliiical]
subculiuial value of ilese new poinogiaplic iepieseniaiions. In
lei clapiei, Micla Caidenas analyses queei poin paysiies as (po-
ieniial) posicapiialisi piojecis, diawing on ile woil of ile femi-
nisi economisi duo }. K. Gibson-Gialam; wlile Kaiiien }acobs's
aiiicle documenis ile siiuggle of neipoin io mainiain iis "iadical
piomises," in a poinscape dominaied by seiializaiion and "iamed
obsceniiies." Accoiding io Raclele Boigli, poliiical miliiancy is
even moie pivoial in posi poin, wlose aim is io smasl capiialism
and paiiiaiclal oidei iliougl ile public display of non-noimaiive
bodies and sexualiiies.
As cleaily siaied by iis own self-pioclaimed "label," feminisi
poin is also ceniied on social and poliiical claims: "ile feminisi
iigli foi coniiol ovei oui bodies," ile iigli io "be loiny," ile iigli
io be iealisiically iepiesenied in poin. Ingiid Rybeig desciibes
ile poliiical leiiiage of coniempoiaiy feminisi, lesbian and queei
poin, iiacing iis legacy in feminisi expeiimenial cinema, classic
feminisi flm ileoiy, and ile iqSos "sex wais."
Anoilei "addiiional inieiesi" is ai siale in feminisi poin and,
io some exieni, in many of ile foims and sub-genies asciibable
io *?#Z7&#"&: as Muiiel Andiin poinis oui in lei analysis of iliee
well-lnown Euiopean feminisi sloii flms colleciions, feminisi
poin mails iis geneiic dieience fiom (mainsiieam) poin piimai-
ily on ile basis of a majoi focus on aesileiics - beiiei sloi, lii
and acied flms, wlicl aie "lip enougl io leave oui on ile coee
iable" (Aiiwood :oi:, ((), good sioiies, a dieieni gaze, and self-
ieexiviiy. Wiil a similai meiadiscuisive aiiiiude, a gay lipsiei
fanzine lile ([UU (desciibed in Peiei Relbeig's aiiicle) ie-woils
mainsiieam (sexual) aesileiics in oidei io oei a new posi-poino-
giaplic nonleioic foim of masculiniiy, ai ile ciossioads beiween
poin, consumeiism, and aii.
Tlese poinogiaplies also seem io exceed mainsiieam poin - oi,
ai leasi, ile common undeisianding of wlai "ile mainsiieam" is -
by clallenging iis "coolie-cuiiei" (}acobs :ooy, :() and "aiiifcial-
ly enlanced" (Haima and Siolpe :oio, ii) siandaids of beauiy and
by opening ile iepieseniaiional aiena io a widei vaiieiy of body
iypes. In lis iloiougl accouni of ile poinogiaply of disabiliiy,
Tim Dean delves deepei inio ilis aiea, addiessing ile piocesses of
sexual mobiliiy inleieni in gay ampuiee poin and ileii pedagogi-
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cal funciion iowaids non-noimaiive sexualiiies and pleasuies. Tle
display of non-conveniional - unfi, ageing, queei - bodies is also
one of ile disiinciive feaiuies of so-called amaieui poin, iogeilei
wiil ile "enlanced" sense of iealiiy ii claims io piovide. In lei ai-
iicle, Kiisiina Hofei invesiigaies ile consiiuciion of ilis "iealness"
iliougl ile poinifcaiion of ile iniimacy and daily life of (sup-
posedly) ieal, oidinaiy (leieiosexual) amaieui couples, wlile Fed-
eiico Zecca aiiempis a caiegoiisaiion of ile dieieni iypologies of
online amaieui poin, beiween gifi economy and coipoiaie piac-
iices, mainsiieam and alieinaiive, gonzo poin and lome movies.
Tle developmeni of sub-genies and aesileiic]poliiical piac-
iices ilai expliciily posii ilemselves as "ile alieinaiive" io main-
siieam poin and as ile poinogiaplic lome of (subculiuial) nicles
and non-noimaiive subjeciiviiies also iells us someiling aboui ile
iiansfoimaiion of poin audiences. We siill lnow veiy liiile aboui
low dieieni audiences consume, appiopiiaie and ie-signify dif-
feieni linds of aduli maieiials - and deepei ieseaicl is siill needed
in ilis aiea.
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Howevei, ilese "*?#Z7&#"&8#)7:$%" foims of pioduc-
iion iesiify io ile exisience of new poin consumeis: queei (oi, ai
leasi, noi exclusively male and leieiosexual), infoimed, exigeni,
fiee io cloose fiom ile infniie poinogiaplic oei, and - above
all - capable of peisonal and aciive ieadings of dieieni poino-
giaplic iepieseniaiions, even of ilose asciibable io mainsiieam
poin. Tlese new consumeis clallenge ile old-faslioned "eecis"
paiadigm - ile poin consumei as a male poin addici, viciim of ile
"soveieign powei" of poinogiaply - as Floiian Voios exploies in
lis clapiei on domesiicaied uses of (mainsiieam) poin.
In a way ilese new poin vieweis miiioi ile "decidedly less
siiaigli" (Aiiwood :oio), miliiani, self-conscious, and "iallaiive"
new poin pioduceis. One of ile disiinciive feaiuies of ilis new
i Tle ieseaicl on poin audiences is an expanding feld ai ile momeni.
Tle fisi exiensive media-eilnogiaplic siudy of poin audiences, 9&#" Q/Z
*/)#%:, conducied by Claiissa Smiil, Feona Aiiwood, and Maiiin Bailei,
is now ai ile siage of daia analysis (see: liip:]]www.poinieseaicl.oig). An
eilnogiaplic inquiiy of feminisi poin audiences is ile subjeci of Alessan-
dia Mondin's PlD disseiiaiion ai ile Univeisiiy of Sundeiland, UK (see:
liip:]]www.feminisidesiies.com). Slaiif Mowlabocus and William Leap
aie ediiing a special issue on poin audiences of Rouiledge's new 9&#" G=?0Z
$/* jouinal, scleduled foi publicaiion in May :oi (issue 6).
E. Biasin, G. Maina, F. Zecca - 3"=#&0?%=$&" iq
wave of poinogiaply pioduciion is, in faci, ile incieasing im-
poiiance of ile "voices" of iis pioiagonisis: in ali]indie]queei]
feminisi]posi poin (and even in ile mosi "genuine" ouicomes
of amaieui poin), sexual iepieseniaiion and eioiic imageiy aie
consianily "undeipinned" by poliiical, aiiisiic oi simply peisonal
siaiemenis, wlicl iale ile slape of iniimaie diaiies, manifesios,
aiiicles, essays and so on, conveyed iliougl ile new digiial means
of disiiibuiion (blogs, websiies) oi moie iiadiiional publisling
piaciices (bools, jouinals). Foi ilis ieason, ilis volume puis aca-
demic ieseaicl on ilese iopics side by side wiil insideis' poinis
of view, including a numbei of peisonal accounis and ieeciions
by ley names in ile feld of alieinaiive poinogiaplies: Baibaia
DeGenevieve, Mia Engbeig (inieiviewed by Muiiel Andiin), Sline
Louise Housion, Eiila Lusi, Seigio Messina, and WARBEAR (ala
Fiancesco Macaione Palmieii).
Tlis piojeci would noi lave been possible wiiloui ile suppoii of
many fiiends and colleagues. Tle ediiois wisl io ilanl: Lisa Andei-
gassen, Feona Aiiwood, Alessando Boidina, Albeiio Biodesco, }an
Disielmeyei, Gloiia Lauii-Lucenie, Elena Maiclescli, Saia Maiiin,
Anila Meiei, Lauia Odello, Seiena Pezzini, Leonaido Quaiesima
and all ile ieseaicl gioup ai ile Univeisiiy of Udine-DAMS Goiizia,
Audacia Ray, Elisa Slea, Couiiney Tiouble. Special ilanls also io
Luca Taddio, Fiancesca Adamo, Eimanno Peiessini, and all ile sia
ai Mimesis Inieinaiional foi ileii compeience and paiience. We owe
a paiiiculai debi of giaiiiude io Peiei Lelman, Alessandia Mondin,
and Claiissa Smiil foi ileii piecious and iiieplaceable lelp.
Q/E/#/"%/*
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New Sex Tasie Culiuies." G/B?)@$=$/* io ((): ((i-(6.
Aiiwood, Feona. :oio. "'Youngei, palei, decidedly less siiaigli:' Tle
New Poin Piofessionals." In 9&#"R%&D; -)K$"8 G/"*/ &E H"@$"/ 9&#"&8#)Z
7:C, ediied by Feona Aiiwood, SS-io(. New Yoil: Peiei Lang.
Aiiwood, Feona. :oi:. "Aii Sclool Sluis: Auileniiciiy and ile Aesilei-
ics of Ali Poin." In <)#0 =& GF)@@&F; <)#0Z2&#/ 9&#"&8#)7:C &" G%#//",
ediied by Claiie Hines and Daiien Keii, (:-6. London: Wallowei Piess.
:o 9&#" )E=/# 9&#"
Bazin, Andie. (iqy) :oo. P:)= $* 2$"/D)\ T&@?D/ ]. Tianslaied and
ediied by Hugl Giay. Beileley: Univeisiiy of Califoinia Piess.
Haima, Sanna, and }oalim Siolpe. :oio. "Belind ile Scenes of Siiaigli
Pleasuies." In 9&#"R%&D; -)K$"8 G/"*/ &E H"@$"/ 9&#"&8#)7:C, ediied by
Feona Aiiwood, ioy-i::. New Yoil: Peiei Lang.
}acobs, Kaiiien. :ooy. 4/=7&#"; J3V P/A%?@=?#/ )"0 G/B?)@ 9&@$=$%*.
New Yoil: Rowman and Liiilefeld.