Masturbation in Pop Culture: Screen, Society, Self
Book Details
Author(s)Lauren Rosewarne
PublisherLexington Books
ISBN / ASIN0739183672
ISBN-139780739183670
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank3,542,563
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Through reference to over six hundred scenes from film and television as well as a diverse and cross-disciplinary academic bibliography Masturbation in Pop Culture investigates the role that masturbation serves within narratives while simultaneously mirroring our complicated relationship with the practice in real life and sparking discussions about a broad range of hot-button sexual subjects.
From sitcoms to horror movies, teen comedies to erotic thrillers, autoeroticism is easily detected on screen. The portrayal, however, is not a simple one. Just as in real life a paradox exists where most of us masturbate and accept it as normal and natural, there simultaneously exists a silence about it; that we do it, but we don t talk about it; that we enjoy it but we laugh about it. The screen reflects this conflicted relationship. It is there hundreds and hundreds of times but it is routinely whispered about, mocked and presented as a punchline, and is inevitably portrayed as controversial at the very least.
Masturbation in Pop Culture investigates the embarrassment and squeamishness, sexiness and inappropriateness of masturbation, showcasing and analyzing how our complex off screen relationship is mirrored in film and television.
From sitcoms to horror movies, teen comedies to erotic thrillers, autoeroticism is easily detected on screen. The portrayal, however, is not a simple one. Just as in real life a paradox exists where most of us masturbate and accept it as normal and natural, there simultaneously exists a silence about it; that we do it, but we don t talk about it; that we enjoy it but we laugh about it. The screen reflects this conflicted relationship. It is there hundreds and hundreds of times but it is routinely whispered about, mocked and presented as a punchline, and is inevitably portrayed as controversial at the very least.
Masturbation in Pop Culture investigates the embarrassment and squeamishness, sexiness and inappropriateness of masturbation, showcasing and analyzing how our complex off screen relationship is mirrored in film and television.
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