{"product_id":"mediated-intimacy-sex-advice-in-media-culture-hardback-9781509509119","title":"Mediated Intimacy; Sex Advice in Media Culture (Hardback) 9781509509119","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMediated Intimacy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSex Advice in Media Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMeg-John Barker (Author), Rosalind Gill (Author), Laura Harvey (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509509119, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 March 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.8 x 2.8 cm, 0.544 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"At a time when the field of sexual discourse is often characterized as unbounded we may fail to notice the structuring operations of new normativities. This exceptionally readable book tracks fraught concepts of intimacy as they arise in a range of media forms, and a period of more overt transactionalism and heavy cultural emphasis on production of the sexually desirable, sexually agentic self. The authors' meticulous and rigorous account of public discourses of sexual intimacy is a considerable achievement.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eDiane Negra, University College Dublin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Investigating the varied dimensions of mediating our intimate lives, this brilliant book provides a far-reaching analysis of contemporary forms of sex advice, from sex television to sex apps and more. Importantly, Mediated Intimacy not only examines the contemporary media landscape, but it is also a guide for readers to create sex-critical advice on their own, using creative and thought-provoking examples for challenging conventional norms and practices about sexual intimacies.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eSarah Banet-Weiser, University of Southern California\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMediated Intimacy\u003c\/i\u003e looks at contemporary sex and relationship advice, exploring how our intimate lives are shaped through different media, from manuals and magazines to television and Twitter. By exploring how intimacy is constructed through different media texts, the authors consider which ideas and practices these changing forms of 'sexpertise' open up, and which they close down.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book reveals the intimate operation of power in mediated advice, how words and images, stories and sound can work to shore up social injustice. It critically engages with the ideas of choice and responsibility in sex self-help, arguing that these can obscure and\/or justify oppression, even if they're sometimes experienced as empowering and\/or pleasurable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis bold and incisive book provides a radical challenge to the assumptions underlying the sex advice industry, and presents a critical, collaborative and consensual vision for sex advice of the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Mediated Intimacy: Sex Advice in Media Culture 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 History of Mediated Sex Advice 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Gender, Sexuality and the Body in the Media 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Being Normal 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Work and Entrepreneurship 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Pleasure 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Safety and Risk 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Communication and Consent 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Conclusions 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 261\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441782190360,"sku":"9781509509119","price":48.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509509119.jpg?v=1785024810","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/mediated-intimacy-sex-advice-in-media-culture-hardback-9781509509119","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}