Lady Chatterley's Legacy in the Movies

Sex, Brains, and Body Guys

Author Peter Lehman

"Titanic." "Two Moon Junction." "A Night in Heaven." "Sirens. Henry & June." "9 Songs." "Lady Chatterley." ... and more. A new "body guy" genre has emerged in film during the last twenty years — a working class man-of-the-earth or bohemian artist awakens and fulfills the sexuality of a beautiful, intelligent woman frequently married or engaged to a sexually incompetent, educated, upper-class man. This body guy exhibits a masterful athletic, penile-centered sexual performance that enlivens and transforms the previously discontented woman's life.

Bio

Peter Lehman is a professor in the Department of English at Arizona State University

Praise for this book

An important, definitive book! Insightfully analyzing the 'body guy' genre, the authors persuasively demonstrate the need for and value of a radical reassessment of the discourses previously used to talk about male and female sexual power and pleasure and their representation in film.

Robert Eberwein author of "Armed Forces"
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Date published
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
ISBN
978-0813548029
Genres
Humanities, Gender and sexuality, Arts
College or unit
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of English

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