(print) xvi, 334 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

List of Illustrations p. ix -- Preface and Acknowledgments p. xiii -- Ch. 1 Introduction : Approaching the Softcore Feature p. 1 -- Ch. 2 Soft v. Hard p. 23 -- Ch. 3 The Disorderly Feminization of Classical Sexploitation : Tracing the Genealogy of Contemporary Softcore p. 45 -- Ch. 4 "Spicy, but Not Obscene" : Industrial and Formal Retooling in 1980s Sexploitation p. 77 -- Ch. 5 Class, Gender, and Genre in Zalman King’s "Real High Erotica" : The Conflicting Mandates of Female Fantasy p. 110 -- Ch. 6 Sex Is Dangerous, So Satisfy Your Wife : The Softcore Thriller in Its Contexts p. 131 -- Ch. 7 Softcore as Serialized (and Feminized) Featurette : Postfeminist Propriety on Late-Night Cable p. 159 -- Ch. 8 The Softcore Public : A Cult of Bad Faith? p. 184 -- Ch. 9 Corporate Softcore and Its Discontents : Weightlessness and Weightiness at Playboy Enterprises p. 205 -- Ch. 10 "From Skin to Scream" : Evolution and Elevation at a Cult Softcore Label p. 230 -- Conclusion Whither Softcore? p. 251 -- Notes p. 259 -- Film and Videography p. 288 -- Works Cited p. 305 -- Index p. 317

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