ReFocus: The Films of Roberta Findlay

ReFocus: The Films of Roberta Findlay covers a variety of angles, using queer, feminist, historical, and close textual reading methods to grapple with the complicated and contradictory politics and meanings of this pioneering culture-worker. Chapters examine Findlay's marketing strategies, the gender politics of her exploitation and hardcore films, 1980s horror productions, and several case studies of key individual films, in addition to a new interview with Findlay reflecting on her life and career.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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List of Figures
pp vii-viii
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Notes on Contributors
pp ix-xi
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Acknowledgments
pp xii-xiii
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Foreword
pp xiv-xvi
- By Joe Rubin
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Introduction: Sleazy Honesty
pp 1-25
- By Whitney Strub, Peter Alilunas
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1 - Singularity and Conformity: Feminism and Roberta Findlay’s Strategic Marketing Communications
pp 26-42
- By Finley Freibert
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2 - “Not Even a Lesbian,” or Roberta Findlay’s Ambivalently Queer/Feminist Hardcore Cinema
pp 43-67
- By Jennifer Moorman
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3 - Zero Girls and Lesbian Stylites: From Solar Sexuality to Camp in the Early Films of Roberta Findlay
pp 68-85
- By Kevin John Bozelka
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4 - From Slaughter to Snuff: The Origins of a Cultural Myth Giuseppe Previtali
pp 86-96
- By Giuseppe Previtali
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5 - “This is a Farce”: Satire, Pseudonyms, and the Impact of Collaboration in Early Walter Sear/Roberta Findlay Films
pp 97-116
- By Derek Gaskill
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6 - Fragments of a Porn Star: Hybrid Documentary and Avant-garde Impulses in Shauna: Every Man’s Fantasy
pp 117-139
- By Kier-La Janisse
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7 - Roberta Findlay’s Bronx Tale: Notes on Game of Survival
pp 140-159
- By Neil Jackson
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8 - By the Numbers: Roberta Findlay, Home Video, and the Horror Genre
pp 160-176
- By Johnny Walker
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9 - The Beginning and the End: Transitioning Careers and Roberta Findlay’s Banned (1989)
pp 177-190
- By Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
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10 - Roberta Findlay vs. Porn Studies
pp 191-212
- By Whitney Strub, Peter Alilunas, Roberta Findlay
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Index
pp 213-219
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Figures
pp vii-viii

Notes on Contributors
pp ix-xi

Acknowledgments
pp xii-xiii

Foreword
pp xiv-xvi

Introduction: Sleazy Honesty
pp 1-25

1 - Singularity and Conformity: Feminism and Roberta Findlay’s Strategic Marketing Communications
pp 26-42

2 - “Not Even a Lesbian,” or Roberta Findlay’s Ambivalently Queer/Feminist Hardcore Cinema
pp 43-67

3 - Zero Girls and Lesbian Stylites: From Solar Sexuality to Camp in the Early Films of Roberta Findlay
pp 68-85

4 - From Slaughter to Snuff: The Origins of a Cultural Myth Giuseppe Previtali
pp 86-96

5 - “This is a Farce”: Satire, Pseudonyms, and the Impact of Collaboration in Early Walter Sear/Roberta Findlay Films
pp 97-116

6 - Fragments of a Porn Star: Hybrid Documentary and Avant-garde Impulses in Shauna: Every Man’s Fantasy
pp 117-139

7 - Roberta Findlay’s Bronx Tale: Notes on Game of Survival
pp 140-159

8 - By the Numbers: Roberta Findlay, Home Video, and the Horror Genre
pp 160-176

9 - The Beginning and the End: Transitioning Careers and Roberta Findlay’s Banned (1989)
pp 177-190

10 - Roberta Findlay vs. Porn Studies
pp 191-212

Index
pp 213-219

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