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Book SynopsisThrough reference to over six hundred scenes from film and televisionâas well as a diverse and cross-disciplinary academic bibliographyâMasturbation in Pop Culture investigates the role that masturbation serves within narratives.
Trade ReviewRosewarne gives a widespread overview about different forms of reports and classifications about masturbation * Sexuality & Culture *
An impressive work of seminal scholarship, Masturbation in Pop Culture: Screen, Society, Self by Lauren Rosewarne is enhanced with a two page list of Media References; a sixteen page Bibliography, and a comprehensive Index. A critically important and highly recommended contribution to academic library Western Popular Culture Studies reference collections and supplemental study lists. * Midwest Book Review *
Lauren Rosewarne has written another book which goes to those aspects of sexuality and popular culture that few of her peers would dare follow. Her mixture of rigorous scholarship and engaging, cutting edge analysis makes Masturbation in Pop Culture: Screen, Society, Self essential reading for anyone interested in the relationship between sex and media in our time. -- Brian McNair, Queensland University of Technology
Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction: It’s Okay, Everybody Does it, But Nobody Ever, Ever Talks About It Chapter 1: The Demonization Chapter 2: The Coming of Age Chapter 3: The How Chapter 4: The Trigger Chapter 5: Locating It Chapter 6: The Show Chapter 7: The Substitution Chapter 8: Within Relationships Chapter 9: For Health and Empowerment Chapter 10: The Norm Conclusion Bibliography Index About the Author
