Screening Sex

BOOK REVIEW – Sex, Consent and Justice: A New Feminist Framework

Posted on August 31, 2022 by adamofvaughan

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

Posted on April 19, 2021 by adamofvaughan

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 →

Research Roundup 2021

Posted on December 1, 2021January 26, 2022 by screeningsex

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

Posted on November 30, 2021December 1, 2021 by screeningsex

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

Posted on December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 by screeningsex

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

Posted on August 4, 2020December 7, 2020 by adamofvaughan

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

Posted on June 15, 2020December 7, 2020 by adamofvaughan

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 →

BOOK REVIEW – ONE-DIMENSIONAL QUEER

Posted on April 23, 2020December 7, 2020 by adamofvaughan

REVIEW OF One-Dimensional Queer by Roderick A. Ferguson. POLITY PRESS, 2019. (HB/PB/EBOOK) 168PP. REVIEW BY KATIE ARTHUR, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON The multidimensional beginnings of gay liberation are being written out of history, but One-Dimensional Queer counters this prevalent situating of the gay liberation movement within a capitalist agenda. An essential introductory companion to any queer … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW – ONE-DIMENSIONAL QUEER →