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book		A bit on the side : east-west topographies of desire / Chris Berry Sydney: Empress Publishing, 1994. Call No: 408.3 BER Author: Berry, Chris Place: Sydney Publisher: Empress Publishing PubDate: 1994 PhysDes: 118 p. ; 18 cm Subject: HOMOSEXUALITY IN FILMS. ASIA; PROSTITUTES IN FILMS; GOOD WOMAN OF BANGKOK, THE (AT, Dennis O'Rourke, 1991) Summary: The Good Woman of Bangkok, p21-68. Notes: CIP confirmed; Bibliography: p. 107-118; Filmography: p. 105-106 ISBN: 0646187708 LON: 10856102 More info
book		"Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!" : a history of exploitation films, 1919-1959 / Eric Schaefer Durham: Duke University Press, 1999. Call No: 722.81 SCH Author: Schaefer, Eric, 1959 Place: Durham Publisher: Duke University Press PubDate: 1999 PhysDes: p. cm Subject: EXPLOITATION FILMS; BURLESQUE; CENSORSHIP; DRUGS IN FILMS; SEX FILMS; NUDITY IN FILMS; MOTION PICTURE PRODUCERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF AMERICA; PROSTITUTES IN FILMS Notes: Filmography: p; Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 0822323532 (cloth : alk. paper); 0822323745 (paper : alk. paper) LON: 14489922 More info
book		Cinemachismo : masculinities and sexuality in Mexican film / Sergio de la Mora Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2006. Call No: 744-01(72) MOR Author: Mora, Sergio de la Source: US Place: Austin, Texas Publisher: University of Texas Press PubDate: 2006 PhysDes: xix, 236 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Subject: COMO AGUA PARA CHOCOLATE (MX, Alfonso Arau, 1992); DANZON (MX, Maria Novaro, 1991); INFANTE, PEDRO; MEXICO; PROSTITUTES IN FILMS; Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN (MX, Alfonso Cuaron, 2001) Summary: "After the modern Mexican state came into being following the Revolution of 1910, hyper-masculine machismo came to be a defining characteristic of "mexicanidad," or Mexican national identity. Virile men (pelados and charros), virtuous prostitutes as mother figures, and minstrel-like gay men were held out as desired and/ or abject models not only in governmental rhetoric and propaganda, but also in literature and popular culture, particularly in the cinema. Indeed, cinema provided an especially effective staging ground for the construction of a gendered and sexualized national identity. In this book, Sergio de la Mora offers the first extended analysis of how Mexican cinema has represented masculinities and sexualities and their relationship to national identity from 1950 to 2004. He focuses on three traditional genres (the revolutionary melodrama, the cabaretera [dancehall] prostitution melodrama, and the musical comedy "buddy movie") and one subgenre (the fichera brothel-cabaret comedy) of classic and contemporary cinema. By concentrating on the changing conventions of these genres, de la Mora reveals how Mexican films have both supported and subverted traditional heterosexual norms of Mexican national identity. In particular, his analyses of Mexican cinematic icons Pedro Infante and Gael Garciacute;a Bernal and of Arturo Ripstein's cult film El lugar sin liacute;mites illuminate cinema's role in fostering distinct figurations of masculinity, queer spectatorship, and gay male representations. De la Mora completes this exciting interdisciplinary study with an in-depth look at how the Mexican state brought about structural changes in the film industry between 1989 and 1994 through the work of the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE), paving the way for a renaissance in the national cinema." - taken from back cover Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-226) and index -- Lambda Literary Awards (nominated), 2007. -- Formerly CIP. ISBN: 9780292712973 Contents: Preface: How I too came to love Pedro Infante – Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Macho Nation? -- Midnight virgin": melodramas of prostitution in literature and film -- Pedro Infante unveiled: masculinities in the Mexican "buddy movie" -- The last dance: (homo)sexuality and representation in Arturo Ripstein's El lugar sin limites and the fichera subgenre -- Mexico's third-wave new cinema and the cultural politics of film -- Epilogue. Mexican cinema is dead! Long live Mexican cinema! – Notes – Works Consulted -- Index More info
book		The filmmaker and the prostitute : Dennis O'Rourke's The good woman of Bangkok / edited by Chris Berry, Annette Hamilton, Laleen Jayamanne Sydney: Power Publications, 1997. Call No: 79GOO FIL Author: O'Rourke, Dennis; Berry, Chris; Hamilton, Annette; Jayamanne, Laleen Place: Sydney Publisher: Power Publications PubDate: 1997 PhysDes: 221 p. : ill. ; 25 cm Subject: PROSTITUTES IN FILMS; GOOD WOMAN OF BANGKOK, THE (AT, Dennis O'Rourke, 1991) Notes: Includes bibliographical references ISBN: 0909952280 Order Received: 1997 LON: 12799483 More info
subject clippings file		PROSTITUTES IN FILMS Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: PROSTITUTES IN FILMS More info
book		The spectacular modern woman : Feminine visibility in the 1920s / Liz Conor Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2004. Call No: 451 02 "192" CON Author: Conor, Liz Edition: 1st ed. Source: USA Place: Bloomington, Indiana Publisher: Indiana University Press PubDate: 2004 PhysDes: 334 p. : b+w ill. ; 23 cm Subject: WOMEN AND THE CINEMA; WOMEN IN FILMS; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA; WOMEN, FILMS FOR; PROSTITUTES IN FILMS; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA; MEDIA; TECHNOLOGY AND THE CINEMA; SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA; PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE CINEMA; ADVERTISING; CARTOONS; CELEBRITIES IN FILMS; IMPERIALISM AND THE CINEMA; FASHION AND THE CINEMA; MODERNISM AND THE CINEMA; RACIAL ISSUES AND THE CINEMA; DE BEAUVOIR, SIMONE; KELLERMAN, ANNETTE; VALENTINO, RUDOLPH; LYELL, LOTTIE; MOTH OF MOONBI, THE (AT, Charles Chauvel, 1926); GIRL OF THE BUSH, A (AT, Franklyn Barrett, 1921); FOR THE TERM OF HIS NATURAL LIFE (AT, Norman Dawn, 1927); SENTIMENTAL BLOKE, THE (AT, Raymond Longford, 1919); GREENHIDE (AT, Charles Chauvel, 1926) Summary: In The Spectacular Modern Woman, Liz Conor illustrates how technological advances in image reproduction transformed Wetter industrial societies into visual or ‘oculacentric’ cultures with significant and complex consequences for women’s lives. With the rise of mass media, Conor shows how women’s identities were intimately tied to the visual culture of the day. [Taken from back cover]. ISBN: 0253216702 More info

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