Linda Ruth Williams

Linda Ruth Williams
Born (1961-04-16) 16 April 1961
United Kingdom
Spouse
(m. 1991)
Children2
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Sussex
ThesisMisogynistic knowledge and the 'cocksure' woman: Freud, Nietzsche and feminism in the interpretation of D.H. Lawrence (1987)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Exeter
Main interestsFilm studies, sexuality, censorship
Notable worksThe Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema
Websitehumanities.exeter.ac.uk/film/staff/lwilliams

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.