Abstract
This paper is an exploration of the growing taste for amateur or "reality" pornography, situating it within the larger context of the rise of reality genres more generally. It sees such a preference as one possible response to the onslaught of images of perfection and the cult of the body beautiful, and thus as a mode of resistance to consumer culture. A "taste for the ordinary" must be understood not only as an erotic preference but also as a part of complex shifts in the very idea of ordinariness. This paper draws on interviews with people working in the image industries, including a maker of homemade porn, to explore the paradoxes of this interest in the mundane.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Journal of Mundane Behavior |
| Publication status | Published - 2002 |
Keywords
- amateur films
- pornography