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Author Richardson, Niall, author.

Title Studying sexualities : theories, representations, cultures / Niall Richardson, Sussex University, Clarissa Smith, Sunderland University, Angela Werndly, Sunderland University.

Publication Info. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  306.7 R395s 2013    ---  Available
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Description v, 186 pages ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-182).
"Media and fiction": pages 183-184.
Summary "An introduction to the critical study of sexuality in a media, film, and cultural studies context."--Page 2.
Contents Part 1. Why theory?: Michel Foucault and the 'invention' of sexuality -- Psychoanalysis and sexuality -- Queer theory and postmodern sexualities -- part 2. Representations: Representations of homosexuality ; Case study: Will and Grace -- Representations of lesbians on television ; Case study: The L word -- Representations of heterosexuality 1 ; Case study: Sex and the city -- Representations of heterosexuality 2 ; Case study: Entourage -- Representations of teenage sexuality ; Case study: Point Horror and Twilight -- part 3. Sexual cultures: Sexualization, commodifying sex and the mainstreaming of masturbation -- Sadomasochism: definitions and legislation -- Online sexual pratices.
Subject Sex in mass media.
Mass media and sex.
Sex.
Sex -- Social aspects.
Mass media and sex. (OCoLC)fst01011365
Sex. (OCoLC)fst01114160
Sex in mass media. (OCoLC)fst01114475
Sex -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01114214
Added Author Smith, Clarissa, author.
Werndly, Angela, 1954- author.
ISBN 9780230220423 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0230220428 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
9780230220430 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0230220436 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

 
    
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