The Routledge Companion to Media, Sex and Sexuality
The Routledge Companion to Media, Sex and Sexuality is a vibrant and authoritative exploration of the ways in which sex and sexualities are mediated in modern media and everyday life.

The 40 chapters in this volume offer a snapshot of the remarkable diversification of approaches and research within the field, bringing together a wide range of scholars and researchers from around the world and from different disciplinary backgrounds including cultural studies, education, history, media studies, sexuality studies and sociology.

The volume presents a broad array of global and transnational issues and intersectional perspectives, as authors address a series of important questions that have consequences for current and future thinking in the field. Topics explored include post-feminism, masculinities, media industries, queer identities, video games, media activism, music videos, sexualisation, celebrities, sport, sex-advice books, pornography and erotica, and social and mobile media.

The Routledge Companion to Media, Sex and Sexuality is an essential guide to the central ideas, concepts and debates currently shaping research in mediated sexualities and the connections between conceptions of sexual identity, bodies and media technologies.

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The Routledge Companion to Media, Sex and Sexuality
The Routledge Companion to Media, Sex and Sexuality is a vibrant and authoritative exploration of the ways in which sex and sexualities are mediated in modern media and everyday life.

The 40 chapters in this volume offer a snapshot of the remarkable diversification of approaches and research within the field, bringing together a wide range of scholars and researchers from around the world and from different disciplinary backgrounds including cultural studies, education, history, media studies, sexuality studies and sociology.

The volume presents a broad array of global and transnational issues and intersectional perspectives, as authors address a series of important questions that have consequences for current and future thinking in the field. Topics explored include post-feminism, masculinities, media industries, queer identities, video games, media activism, music videos, sexualisation, celebrities, sport, sex-advice books, pornography and erotica, and social and mobile media.

The Routledge Companion to Media, Sex and Sexuality is an essential guide to the central ideas, concepts and debates currently shaping research in mediated sexualities and the connections between conceptions of sexual identity, bodies and media technologies.

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Overview

The Routledge Companion to Media, Sex and Sexuality is a vibrant and authoritative exploration of the ways in which sex and sexualities are mediated in modern media and everyday life.

The 40 chapters in this volume offer a snapshot of the remarkable diversification of approaches and research within the field, bringing together a wide range of scholars and researchers from around the world and from different disciplinary backgrounds including cultural studies, education, history, media studies, sexuality studies and sociology.

The volume presents a broad array of global and transnational issues and intersectional perspectives, as authors address a series of important questions that have consequences for current and future thinking in the field. Topics explored include post-feminism, masculinities, media industries, queer identities, video games, media activism, music videos, sexualisation, celebrities, sport, sex-advice books, pornography and erotica, and social and mobile media.

The Routledge Companion to Media, Sex and Sexuality is an essential guide to the central ideas, concepts and debates currently shaping research in mediated sexualities and the connections between conceptions of sexual identity, bodies and media technologies.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780367581176
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 06/30/2020
Series: Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions
Pages: 472
Product dimensions: 6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Clarissa Smith is Professor of Sexual Cultures at the University of Sunderland, UK. A founding co-editor of the Routledge journal Porn Studies Clarissa’s research is focused on representations of sex and sexuality and their production and consumption. Publications include numerous articles and chapters exploring the specificities of pornographic imagery, forms of stardom, production and regulation.

Feona Attwood is Professor in Cultural Studies, Communication and Media at Middlesex University, UK. Her research is in the area of sex in contemporary culture; and in particular, sexual cultures; new technologies, identity and the body, and controversial media. Her recent publications have focused on online sexual cultures, aesthetics, sex and the media, and public engagement. She is writing a book, Sex Media and Technology. She is the co-editor of Sexualities journal and founding co-editor of the journal Porn Studies.

Brian McNair is Professor of Journalism, Media & Communication within the Creative Industries Faculty at Queensland University of Technology. His research and teaching interests include journalism, political communication and mediated sexuality. Brian is a regular media commentator across print, online and broadcast platforms. He has written more than 400 commentary articles for publications including the Guardian, The Conversation, The Age,The Herald and Scotland on Sunday.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables ix

List of contributors x

Introduction Clarissa Smith Feona Attwood 1

Part I Representing sexualities 5

1 The normal body on display: public exhibitions of the Norma and Normman statues Elizabeth Stephens 7

2 Asexualities and media Kristina Gupta Karli June Cerankowski 19

3 Representing trans sexualities Eliza Steinbock 27

4 Representing lesbians in film and television Rebecca Beirne 38

5 Representing gay sexualities Sharif Mowlabocus 49

6 Fifty shades of ambivalence: BDSM representation in pop culture Ummni Khan 59

7 The politics of fluidity: representing bisexualities in twenty-first-century screen media Maria San Filippo 70

8 Heterosexual casual sex: from free love to Tinder Kath Albury 81

9 Representing queer sexualities Dion Kagan 91

Part II Sex genres 105

10 Erotica Catherine M. Roach 107

11 A history of slash sexualities: debating queer sex, gay politics and media fan cultures Kristina Busse Alexis Lothian 117

12 Erotic manga: Boys' Love, shonen-ai, yaoi and (MxM) shotacon Anna Madill 130

13 Ways of showing it: feature and gonzo in mainstream pornography Federico Zecca 141

14 From the scene, for the scene! Alternative pornographies in contemporary US production Giovanna Maina 151

15 'Not on public display': the art/porn debate Gary Needham 163

16 User-generated pornography: amateurs and the ambiguity of authenticity Susanna Paasonen 174

17 Celebrity sex tapes Gareth Longstaff 183

18 The media panic about teen sexting Amy Adele Hasinoff 193

19 Sex advice books and self-help Meg-John Barker Rosalind Gill Laura Harvey 202

20 Social media platforms and sexual health Paul Byron 214

21 Young people, sexuality education and the media Anne-Frances Watson 223

Part III Representing sex 237

22 Videogames and sex Ashley M. L. Brown 239

23 Sex and celebrity media Adrienne Evans 248

24 Sex and music video Diane Railton 259

25 Debating representations of sexuality in advertising Despina Chronaki 268

26 Media representations of women in action sports: more than 'sexy bad girls' on boards Holly Thorpe 279

27 Sex and horror Steve Jones 290

28 Sex in sitcoms: unravelling the discourses on sex in Friends Frederik Dhaenens Sofie Van Bauwel 300

29 Sex and reality TV: the pornography of intimate exposure Misha Kavka 309

30 It's all about your sex appeal: deconstructing the sexual content in women's magazines Claire Moran 319

31 The Invisibles: disability, sexuality and new strategies of enfreakment Niall Richardson 328

Part IV Deconstructing key figures 341

32 The metrosexual John Mercer Feona Attwood 343

33 The sex addict Barrel Reay 352

34 The stripper Alison J. Carr 362

35 The pen is mightier than the whore: Victorian newspapers and the sex-work saviour complex Kate Lister 371

36 The pornography consumer as Other Alan McKee 383

37 The porn performer Angela Gabrielle White 394

38 The dominatrix Danielle J. Lindemann 405

39 The pervert Lauren Rosewarne 416

40 The pornographer Neil Jackson 428

Index 438

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