Oliver Carter

Under the Counter (eBook, ePUB)

Britain's Trade in Hardcore Pornographic 8mm Films

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The sale of hardcore pornography remained illegal in Britain until the end of the twentieth century. Despite this, British entrepreneurs circumvented obscenity laws to satisfy the demand for uncensored adult films, and the corrupt Obscene Publications Squad allowed them to trade.
Following an exposé by Britain's tabloid press, a crackdown on police corruption and several high-profile obscenity trials, the trade was all but decimated. Under the Counter tells the story of Britain's trade in 8mm hardcore pornographic films.

A landmark publication, ground-breaking and comprehensive in its contribution. More than just a stunning level of nuts-and-bolts detail about the British roller trade and its key position in the history of Britain's obscenity regulations, this book establishes an immensely strong foundation for important work still to come on the time period across the globe. Oliver Carter's meticulously researched and engagingly written study represents essential reading for anyone interested in the mechanics of adult history, from the street-level up.
Dr Peter Alilunas, University of Oregon

Combining exhaustive research into archives, court records and reportage alongside interviews with key-but-forgotten figures, Oliver Carter explores the cultural shifts which both facilitated and obstructed development of the British porn industries in the second half of the twentieth century. This fascinating account offers impressive detail and opens up a of history of alternative sexual economies beyond the too-familiar tales of Soho and the Swinging Sixties.
Professor Clarissa Smith, Northumbria University

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Intellect Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781789386608
• Artikelnr.: 66775901

Autorenporträt

Dr Oliver Carter is a reader in creative economies at the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research, Birmingham City University. His research focuses on alternative economies of cultural production; informal forms of industry that are often removed from a formal cultural industries discourse. He is the author of the monograph Making European Cult Cinema: Fan Enterprise in an Alternative Economy (Amsterdam University Press, 2018).