Orgasmic Bodies: The Orgasm in Contemporary Western Culture
Frith, Hannah
ISBN 10: 1137304367 ISBN 13: 9781137304360
Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
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Orgasmic Bodies explores how bodily experiences of orgasm are worked up as present/absent, complicated/straightforward, too slow/too fast, fake or real, in the doing of masculinities and femininities. Engaging with both science and popular culture it examines the meanings given to orgasmic bodies in contemporary heterosex.
About the Author: Hannah Frith teaches critical psychology at the University of Brighton, UK. Her research examines interrelationships between identity, embodiment and sexuality, including negotiating sexual refusals, clothed identities, a changed appearance, the mediation of dying, and makeover television. She co-edited Critical bodies: Representations, identities and practices of weight and body management (Palgrave Macmillan).
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Title: Orgasmic Bodies: The Orgasm in Contemporary ...
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Date: 2015
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New