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One for the Girls!: The Pleasures and Practices of Reading Women's Porn

One for the Girls!: The Pleasures and Practices of Reading Women's Porn

Clarissa Smith

9781841501642

Intellect Books


Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Erotic fiction; Ethical issues: pornography & obscenity

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304 pages

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Against the claims of increasing sexualisation of culture, one truism is constantly rehearsed - that women have little taste for pornography. In One for the Girls! , a new basis for understanding women's pleasures in sexually explicit materials is offered focusing on the production and consumption of For Women magazine. This thought-provoking book argues that theories of harm, women's subordination and accounts of effects or transgressive potentials have deflected attention away from the lived experiences and practices of pornography; drawing on rich empirical detail, One for the Girls! , brings them sharply into view. The book examines the ways in which pornography has become a favoured repository of social fears and debunks the myth of the 'evil pornographer' producing images of objectified women for troubled male viewers. By focusing on an individual publication, this book illuminates the ways in which pornography is a social product and subject to a range of institutional practices which influence its styles and presentations. Significantly this book moves beyond the usual rehearsal of claims about readers' vulnerability to ideologies hidden in the text and uses readers' designations of 'sexy' and 'pleasureable' to underpin an alternative theorisation of pornography. Exploring readers' responses to nude male pinups, explicit stories and sexy articles, the book traces the patterns of response hidden behind the title 'porn reader'. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how and why women might like porn.

By:   Clarissa Smith
Imprint:   Intellect Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 23mm,  Width: 238mm,  Spine: 180mm
Weight:   662g
ISBN:  

9781841501642


ISBN 10:   1841501646
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   May 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Clarissa Smith is Senior Lecturer in Media & Cultural Studies at the University of Sunderland.


A thorough study of woman's ambivalence toward visual pronography. -- Emily Toth Women's Review of Book


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