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Reflexivity in the Pornographic Films of Candida Royalle

University of Louisville, USA, james.beggan{at}louisville.edu

Scott T. Allison

University of Richmond, USA, sallison{at}richmond.edu

Both conventional wisdom and prior scholarship indicate that women typically find pornography less appealing than men. Recently, researchers have suggested that the sexually explicit films of Candida Royalle represent a new form of pornography that is more attractive to women. We examined the films of Candida Royalle in terms of reflexivity, a film technique that draws attention to film conventions and the filmmaking process within the context of a film. We identify three reflexive processes that operate in Candida Royalle’s films and consider how they may contribute to the development of a subject space that makes her films more appealing to women, in comparison to traditional pornographic films. The benefits of this new subject space are considered.

Key Words: feminism • meta-pornography • objectification • pornography • reflexivity

Sexualities, Vol. 6, No. 3-4, 301-324 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/136346070363003


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