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Book SynopsisThe current erotic landscape is contradictory: While the West sees greater sexual and erotic freedom than ever, there is also a movement to restrict the behaviour of various sexual minorities. Expanding and Restricting the Erotic addresses the way in which the erotic has been constrained and freed, both historically and at present. Topics range from the troubling way in which the mainstream media represents the erotic, to the concept of friends with benefits. Other chapters explore female eroticism, from contemporary female hip hop artists to Latin American women seeking to express their eroticism in the midst of sexual repression. Medieval and Early Modern medical conceptions of the female body are explored, as are ancient Greek erotic practices. Finally, the controversial area of teenage girls’ erotic representation is analysed.
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors 1 The Wings and Barriers of Erotic Desire Sophia Kanaouti and Robert Scott Stewart 2 Sexual Friendships: How Ought We Think about and Classify Friends with Benefits? Robert Scott Stewart 3 The Ethics of Seduction in Phaedrus Jon Braddy 4 Representing the ‘Eroticised’ Girl——Why Not? Lawrence Buttigieg 5 Cannibalising the Politics of Empowerment and the Erotic Potential in Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon and Like Water for Chocolate Lily Martinez Evangelista 6 Where Is the Virgin? Analysing the Contestations around Eroticised Performance and Representation in Commercial Hip Hop Imaging Dionne van Reenen 7 Masculine Uses of the Womb in the Renaissance Sebnem Nazli Karali 8 Desire, Guilt and the Media: Neoliberal Urgency and Wish Fulfilment in the Era of Trump Sophia Kanaouti Index
