| Description |
xxiv, 229 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction. The Sexualization of Culture / Feona Attwood -- Pt. 1. Pornography And Pornographication -- 1. The New Pornographies: Representation or Reality? / Simon Hardy -- 2. Pleasing Intensities: Masochism and Affective Pleasures in Porn Short Fictions / Clarissa Smith -- 3. 'Choke on it, Bitch!': Porn Studies, Extreme Gonzo and the Mainstreaming of Hardcore / Stephen Maddison -- 4. From Porn Chic to Porn Fear: The Return of the Repressed? / Brian McNair -- Pt. 2. Sexualization and Mainstream Media -- 5. The Mainstreaming of Masturbation: Autoeroticism and Consumer Capitalism / Greg Tuck -- 6. Supersexualize Me!: Advertising and the 'Midriffs' / Rosalind Gill -- 7. What ever Happened to Cathy and Claire?: Sex, Advice and the Role of the Agony Aunt / Petra Boynton -- Pt. 3. Striptease Culture -- 8. Too Much Too Young?: Young People, Sexual Media and learning / Sam Bragg and David Buckingham -- 9. Some Texts Do It Better: Women, Sexually Explicit Texts and the Everyday / Dana Wilson-Kovacs -- 10. Keeping Fit in Six Inch Heels: The Mainstreaming of Pole Dancing / Samantha Holland and Feona Attwood -- 11. BUST-ing the Third Wave: Barbies, Blowjobs and Girlie Feminism / Rebecca Munford -- Film and TV Guide |
| Summary |
"Western culture is exhibiting its fascination with sex in new ways. Pole dancing is a form of keep fit, porn stars find work as agony aunts, pornography itself is just 'a mouse click away', and phone sex, email affairs and cybersex are now part of our everyday lives. This sexualization that is permeating every aspect of modern culture is the subject of this book." "Mainstreaming Sex uncovers the significant impact that new forms of sexualized phenomena are having on our culture, relationships, educational and working lives. In original chapters, the contributors engage with today's public concerns about sexualization, with the continuing debates about the regulation of sexual representations and practices, and with the idea that in all aspects of social and cultural life, sex is being 'mainstreamed'."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-219) and index |
| Subject |
Sex -- Social aspects -- Western countries.
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Social change -- Western countries.
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Sex customs -- Western countries.
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Sex -- Public opinion.
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Mass media and sex.
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Sex in mass media.
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Pornography -- Social aspects.
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Sex (Psychology)
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| Author |
Attwood, Feona.
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| LC no. |
2010291042 |
| ISBN |
9781845118273 paperback |
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1845118278 paperback |
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