- Media
- are
- central
- to
- our
- experiences
- and
- understandings
- of
- sex,
- whether
- in
- the
- form
- of
- familiar
- 'mainstream'
- genres,
- pornographies
- and
- other
- sex
- genres,
- or
- the
- new
- zones,
- interactions
- and
- technosexualities
- made
- possible
- by
- the
- internet
- and
- mobile
- devices.In
- this
- engaging
- new
- book,
- Feona
- Attwood
- argues
- that
- to
- understand
- the
- significance
- of
- sex
- media,
- we
- need
- to
- examine
- them
- in
- terms
- of
- their
- distinctive
- characteristics,
- relationships
- to
- art
- and
- culture,
- and
- changing
- place
- in
- society.
- Observing
- the
- role
- that
- media
- play
- in
- relation
- to
- sex,
- gender,
- and
- sexuality,
- this
- book
- considers
- the
- regulation
- of
- sex
- and
- sexual
- representation,
- issues
- around
- the
- 'sexualization
- of
- culture',
- and
- demonstrates
- how
- a
- critical
- focus
- on
- sex
- media
- can
- inform
- debates
- on
- sex
- education
- and
- sexual
- health,
- as
- well
- as
- illuminate
- the
- relation
- of
- sex
- to
- labour,
- leisure,
- intimacy,
- and
- bodies.Sex
- Media
- is
- an
- essential
- resource
- for
- students
- and
- scholars
- of
- media,
- culture,
- gender
- and sexuality.
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