Linda Ruth Williams

Linda Ruth Williams
Born (1961-04-16) 16 April 1961 (age 63)
United Kingdom
Spouse
(m. 1991)
Children2
Academic background
Alma materSussex University
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
Websitehttp://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/film/staff/lwilliams/

Linda Ruth Williams (born 16 April 1961)[1] 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.[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.

  1. ^ "Williams, Linda Ruth". Library of Congress. Retrieved 22 October 2015. data sheet (b. 04-16-1961)
  2. ^ "Professor Linda Ruth Williams". University of Exeter. Retrieved 17 December 2017.