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    Naked Hitchhikers: The Unknown Photography of William A. Rhoads

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    Volume
    4
    Pagination
    67 - 87 (20)
    Publisher
    Taylor & Francis
    Publisher URL
    http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23268743.2016.1252161?journalCode=rprn20
    DOI
    10.1080/23268743.2016.1252161
    Journal
    Porn Studies
    Issue
    1
    ISSN
    2326-8743
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    Abstract
    William A. Rhoads was an avid photographer of male nudes, mostly sourced from hitchhikers he picked up in California in the 1970s. His efforts were prolific and sustained – and secret – and likely made and retained for private enjoyment. The photographs were never shown in public in Rhoads’ lifetime. I approach his project, firstly, from the perspective of its historical and cultural contexts of emergence and development; and secondly in terms of the taxonomic challenges his photographs pose, in relation to established histories of art and pornography, which were being called strikingly into question in the 1970s. Both approaches allow Rhoads to be understood beyond the traditional aesthetic distinction between art and pornography – or more precisely, between a personal, erotic practice and a formal artistic one.
    Authors
    JOHNSON, DF
    URI
    http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/18906
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    • Comparative Literature and Culture [98]
    Language
    English
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