The Routledge Companion to Media, Sex and Sexuality is out now, edited by Feona Atwood and Clarissa Smith with Brian McNair. The enormous volume contains new work by (among many others) Feona Attwood, Adrienne Evans, Neil Jackson, Misha Kavka, Gareth Longstaff, Alan McKee, John Mercer, Sharif Mowlabocus, Susanna Paasonen, Niall Richardson… it also contains a chapter on "Sex and Horror" by me (which can be accessed here).
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Here is the full Table of Contents:
PART I: Representing sexualities
1 The normal body on display: public exhibitions of the Normaand Normman statues Elizabeth Stephens
2 Asexualities and media Kristina Gupta and Karli June Cerankowski
3 Representing trans sexualities Eliza Steinbock
4 Representing lesbians in film and television Rebecca Beirne
5 Representing gay sexualities Sharif Mowlabocus
6 Fifty shades of ambivalence: BDSM representation in pop culture Ummni Khan
7 The politics of fluidity: representing bisexualities intwenty-first-century screen media Maria San Filippo
8 Heterosexual casual sex: from free love to Tinder Kath Albury
9 Representing queer sexualities Dion Kagan
PART II: Sex genres
10 Erotica Catherine M. Roach
11 A history of slash sexualities: debating queer sex, gay politicsand media fan cultures Kristina Busse and Alexis Lothian
12 Erotic manga: Boys’ Love, shonen-ai, yaoi and (MxM) shotacon Anna Madill
13 Ways of showing it: feature and gonzo in mainstreampornography Federico Zecca
14 From the scene, for the scene! Alternative pornographies in contemporary US production Giovanna Maina
15 ‘Not on public display’: the art/porn debate Gary Needham
16 User-generated pornography: amateurs and the ambiguity of authenticity Susanna Paasonen
17 Celebrity sex tapes Gareth Longstaff
18 The media panic about teen sexting Amy Adele Hasinoff
19 Sex advice books and self-help Meg-John Barker, Rosalind Gill and Laura Harvey
20 Social media platforms and sexual health Paul Byron
21 Young people, sexuality education and the media Anne-Frances Watson
PART III: Representing sex
22 Videogames and sex Ashley M. L. Brown
23 Sex and celebrity media Adrienne Evans
24 Sex and music video Diane Railton
25 Debating representations of sexuality in advertising Despina Chronaki
26 Media representations of women in action sports: more than ‘sexy bad girls’ on boards Holly Thorpe
27 Sex and horrorSteve Jones
28 Sex in sitcoms: unravelling the discourses on sex in Friends Frederik Dhaenens and Sofie Van Bauwel
29 Sex and reality TV: the pornography of intimate exposure Misha Kavka
30 It’s all about your sex appeal: deconstructing the sexual content in women’s magazines Claire Moran
31 The Invisibles: disability, sexuality and new strategies of enfreakment Niall Richardson
PART IV: Deconstructing key figures
32 The metrosexual John Mercer and Feona Attwood
33 The sex addict Barry Reay
34 The stripper Alison J. Carr
35 The pen is mightier than the whore: Victorian newspapersand the sex-work saviour complex Kate Lister
36 The pornography consumer as Other Alan McKee
37 The porn performer Angela Gabrielle White
38 The Dominatrix Danielle J. Lindemann
39 The pervert Lauren Rosewarne
40 The pornographer Neil Jackson
