Mediated Intimacy by Barker, Meg-John & Gill, Rosalind & Harvey, Laura -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Table of Contents Title page Copyright page Acknowledgements 1: Mediated Intimacy: Sex Advice in Media Culture

Intimacy in Neoliberal Capitalism Consumer Culture, Lifestyle Media and Neoliberal Governmentality From Self-Help to Mediated Intimacy Terms and Organization of the Book

2: History of Mediated Sex Advice

Social Medicine and Public Health Sexology, Sex Therapy and Sex Research Activism and Social Change Books Magazines and Newspapers Broadcasting Sex Advice Online Conclusion: Changing Modes of Sexpertise

3: Gender, Sexuality and the Body in the Media

Gender in the Media Sexuality and the Media Mediated Bodies Conclusion

4: Being Normal

Normality in Sexological and Sex Therapy Understandings of Sex Normality in Sex Advice The Sexual Imperative: It's Normal to be Sexual Normal Sexual Relationships: Heteronormativity and Mononormativity Normal Sexual Script: PIV to Orgasm Normal Versus Spicy Sex: Policing the Boundaries Conclusion

5: Work and Entrepreneurship

Intimate Entrepreneurship and Dating Aesthetic Labour Sexual Entrepreneurs Emotional Labour Psychic Labour: Making Over the Sexual Self Conclusion

6: Pleasure

Sex Box: ‘Leading us to the Summit of Our Sexual Everest’ Feminist Blogging and Political Pleasures Conclusion

7: Safety and Risk

Risky Subjects: Media and Public Health Safer Sex Online Put Something on the End of It: Talk Shows and Sex Advice Morality, Self-Destruction and Rational Sex: Chemsex Conclusion

8: Communication and Consent

Communication Consent Conclusion

9: Conclusions

Sex-Critical Engagement and Compassionate Critique Normativity and Inclusivity Bodies The Self Pleasure Safety and Risk Communication and Consent Conclusion: An Invitation to Sex Critical Advice Conclusion

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