Review of Sex, Consent and Justice: A New Feminist Framework by Tina Sikka. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021. 264 pages Review by Polina Zelmanova, University of Warwick In her new book Sex, Consent and Justice: A New Feminist Framework, Tina Sikka builds upon her engagement with feminism and social justice in a timely contribution to … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW – Sex, Consent and Justice: A New Feminist Framework
BOOK REVIEW – LESBIAN CINEMA AFTER QUEER THEORY
REVIEW OF LESBIAN CINEMA AFTER QUEER THEORY BY CLARA BRADBURY-RANCE. EDIBURGH: EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2019. 194 PAGES REVIEW BY POLINA ZELMANOVA, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK In her first monograph, Clara Bradbury-Rance addresses the contentious issue of lesbian legibility in cinema of the 21st century. Set within the contemporary discussion on visibility politics, the book both celebrates … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW – LESBIAN CINEMA AFTER QUEER THEORY
CFP Sex in contemporary media: An interdisciplinary conference 4-6 October 2023
Submission deadline: 29 May 2023 In their first issue of the Porn Studies journal, Attwood and Smith (2014) argued that “mediated forms of sex have become more commonplace and commercial sex products, services and representations have become steadily more visible.” Nearly ten years later, in the wake of #MeToo, SESTA/FOSTA, the rise of abortion bans and the … Continue reading CFP Sex in contemporary media: An interdisciplinary conference 4-6 October 2023
CFP THE SEX SCENE: REPRESENTATION, PERFORMANCE, AESTHETICS
We are looking for proposals for the second volume of Screening Sex: The Sex Scene. The Sex Scene: Representation, Performance, Aesthetics is the second of two volumes that will launch the Screening Sex book series with Edinburgh University Press. Please send a 250 word abstract plus short bio by Oct 31st 2022
NEWSLETTER DEC 2021
Welcoming new network members, BAFTSS 2022, and our 2021 research roundup!
Research Roundup 2021
A roundup of research by the members of our Screening Sex network, published in 2021. Share details of your publication here or by emailing screeningsex@gmail.com. Alilunas, Peter (2021), The King is Dead, Long Live the Algorithm: MindGeek and the Digital Distribution of Adult Film, in Paul MacDonald, Courtney Brannon Donoghue and Timothy Havens (eds), Digital … Continue reading Research Roundup 2021
CALL FOR PAPER PROPOSALS – BAFTSS CONFERENCE 2022
We hope a number of Screening Sex Special Interest Group (SIG) members will be submitting and presenting their research at the upcoming BAFTSS conference. The conference will take place online 20–22 April 2022, hosted by the University of St Andrews. We are inviting paper proposals from our SIG members to form a SIG-sponsored panel. The main conference theme is collaboration … Continue reading CALL FOR PAPER PROPOSALS – BAFTSS CONFERENCE 2022
CFP – Screening Sex: The Sex Scene
Proposals are invited for contributions to an edited collection titled The Sex Scene, the first book to be published as part of Edinburgh University Press’s new “Screening Sex” book series.
BOOK REVIEW – MAKING SEX PUBLIC AND OTHER CINEMATIC FANTASIES
Review of Making Sex Public and Other Cinematic Fantasies by Damon R. Young. Durham: Duke University Press, 2018 (paperback). 320 pages. REVIEW BY ADAM HERRON, NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY Opening with the passage, “In 1968, while French students occupied the halls of the Sorbonne, Barbarella fucked her way to freedom,” Making Sex Public traces the ways in … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW – MAKING SEX PUBLIC AND OTHER CINEMATIC FANTASIES
BOOK REVIEW – (SUB)URBAN SEXSCAPES: GEOGRAPHIES AND REGULATION OF THE SEX INDUSTRY
REVIEW OF (SUB)URBAN SEXSCAPES: GEOGRAPHIES AND REGULATION OF THE SEX INDUSTRY, EDS. PAUL J. MAGINN And christine steinmetz. new york: routledge, 2017 (paperpack). REVIEW BY ÉRIC FALARDEAU, UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MoNTRÉAL Sex has always had close ties with boundaries, limits, and transgression; especially within the public confines of towns, cities, and countries. Therefore, it … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW – (SUB)URBAN SEXSCAPES: GEOGRAPHIES AND REGULATION OF THE SEX INDUSTRY
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