Linda Ruth Williams
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For the American film critic, see Linda Williams (film scholar).
Linda Ruth Williams (born 16 April 1961)[1] is professor of Film Studies in the department of Communications (of which she is head), Drama, and Film at the University of Exeter, UK.[2] Her special interests include sexuality and censorship in cinema and literature (she has written widely on pornography, including a book on soft-core cinema), women in film, psychoanalytic theory and D. H. Lawrence.
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Born | (1961-04-16) 16 April 1961 (age 63) United Kingdom |
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Children | 2 |
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Alma mater | Sussex University |
Thesis | Misogynistic knowledge and the 'cocksure' woman: Freud, Nietzsche and feminism in the interpretation of D.H. Lawrence (1987) |
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Institutions | University of Exeter |
Main interests | Film Studies, sexuality & censorship |
Notable works | The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema |
Website | http://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/film/staff/lwilliams/ |
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