Linda Ruth Williams
Linda Ruth Williams | |
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| Born | 16 April 1961 United Kingdom |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Sussex |
| Thesis | Misogynistic knowledge and the 'cocksure' woman: Freud, Nietzsche and feminism in the interpretation of D.H. Lawrence (1987) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Exeter |
| Main interests | Film studies, sexuality, censorship |
| Notable works | The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema |
| Website | humanities |
Linda Ruth Williams (born 16 April 1961) is a professor of film studies in the department of Communications (of which she is head), Drama, and Film at the University of Exeter, UK. 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.