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“The Obscenification of Everyday Life” Representing Pornography in Anglo- American Fiction Since 1970 “The Obscenification of Everyday Life” Representing Pornography in Anglo- American Fiction since 1970 “De Obscenificatie van het Alledaagse” Verbeeldingen van Pornografie in Brits-Amerikaanse Fictie na 1970 (met een samenvatting in het Nederlands) Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit Utrecht op gezag van de rector magnificus, prof. dr. G.J. van der Zwaan, ingevolge het besluit van het college voor promoties in het openbaar te verdedigen op woensdag 6 december 2017 des middags te 4.15 uur door Simon John Cook geboren op 8 september 1963 te Chiswick, Verenigd Koninkrijk 2 Promotor: Prof. dr. D.A. Pascoe 3 ISBN/EAN: 978-90-393-6894-7 Titel: “The Obscenification of Everyday Life” Ondertitel: Representing Pornography in Anglo-American Fiction since 1970 Auteur: Cook, S.J. Uitgever: Universiteit Utrecht Bib. Imprint : Universiteit Utrecht NUR-code: 630 NUR-omschrijving: Buitenlandse talen, letterkunde en cultuur algemeen Druk: 1 Illustraties: Ja Aantal pagina's: 192 Taal: Engels Verschijningsvorm: Boek Bindwijze: Ingenaaid Verschijningsdatum: 06-12-2017 4 Contents Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Note on Referencing ............................................................................................................................. 6 Foreword ............................................................................................................................................... 7 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 9 Approaching the Real .................................................................................................................... 11 Stream-of-Consciousness to Internet Streaming ........................................................................ 13 Porno Chic ....................................................................................................................................... 28 Fiction and the Succession of Formats......................................................................................... 30 Chapter 1 – Edited Sexual Images and Part-Objects in the fiction of J.G. Ballard .................... 41 This Sinister Hobby ........................................................................................................................ 41 Edited Images.................................................................................................................................. 44 Stag and Loop ................................................................................................................................. 48 Scientific-Pornographic Eye .......................................................................................................... 52 Non-Stop Erotic Exhibition ........................................................................................................... 57 “The Flesh of my own Species” .................................................................................................... 64 Home Movies for Couples ............................................................................................................ 66 Chapter 2 - “This set of holes, pleasantly framed”: Thomas Pynchon, the Competent Pornographer and the Female Conduit ........................................................................................... 71 1973-1990-2006 ................................................................................................................................ 71 Organizing Principles .................................................................................................................... 75 Sadomasochism, Fetishism, Prosthesis ....................................................................................... 79 Pornoscapes: Film, Tube, Internet ................................................................................................ 86 A Competent Pornographer.......................................................................................................... 91 Chapter 3 - Damaging Others: Martin Amis in Pornoland .......................................................... 93 Performer, Director and Producer: Selina, Nicola and Cora .................................................... 93 On Set, On/Scene ........................................................................................................................... 98 Karla, He and k8: Tape, Camera, Cell Phone ........................................................................... 104 Preposterous Worlds .................................................................................................................... 111 Gonzo Extremes ............................................................................................................................ 113 Chapter 4 - Onanism = Solipsism: David Foster Wallace’s Damage Assessment of Pornography ..................................................................................................................................... 117 Women, Men & Relationships .................................................................................................... 117 A Radically Condensed Sexual History .................................................................................... 124 5 Post hoc ergo propter hoc / Jeni Rewrites Porno .................................................................... 129 Hideous Male Gazing .................................................................................................................. 134 Chapter 5 - Manson Chicks and Microskirted Cuties: Pornification in Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice ....................................................................................................................................... 139 Mansonoid and Pynchonoid ....................................................................................................... 139 Porno’s Inherent Vices ................................................................................................................. 146 Tie-ing it All Together with Paranoia ........................................................................................ 152 Conclusions ....................................................................................................................................... 161 Fiction’s Altered Responses and Alliances ............................................................................... 161 Postmodern Fucking Machines .................................................................................................. 162 Damage .......................................................................................................................................... 164 A Minor Modality ......................................................................................................................... 165 Seriality .......................................................................................................................................... 165 Ineluctability ................................................................................................................................. 167 Troilism .......................................................................................................................................... 168 Objects ............................................................................................................................................ 169 Bibliography ...................................................................................................................................... 172 Filmography ...................................................................................................................................... 186 Samenvatting (Dutch summary) .................................................................................................... 187 Acknowledgments............................................................................................................................ 188 Curriculum Vitae .............................................................................................................................. 190 6 Abbreviations Martin Amis: M = Money: A Suicide Note LF = London Fields YD = Yellow Dog J. G. Ballard: AE = The Atrocity Exhibition (1990) C = Crash UDC = The Unlimited Dream Company MNF = Myths of the Near Future Thomas Pynchon: GR = Gravity's Rainbow VL = Vineland ATD = Against the Day IV = Inherent Vice Jane Smiley: TDH = Ten Days in the Hills David Foster Wallace: BIWHM = Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Note on Referencing Given that a full bibliography is included, the references follow the short form model recommended by the Chicago Manual of Style: “If the bibliography includes all works cited in the notes, the notes need not duplicate the source information in full because readers can consult the bibliography for publication details and other information” (14.14: Notes and Bibliography”). 7 Foreword This dissertation examines the extent to which changes in the literary cultures of the United States and the United Kingdom since 1970 have been driven by the proliferation of technologies for the recording and transmission of sexually explicit content and, in particular, how this has been reflected by pornographic
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