Masturbation in Pop Culture

Masturbation in Pop Culture

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Rosewarne, Lauren
Lexington Books
EAN: 9780739183687
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Through reference to over six hundred scenes from film and televisionas well as a diverse and cross-disciplinary academic bibliographyMasturbation 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 therehundreds and hundreds of timesbut 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.
EAN 9780739183687
ISBN 0739183680
Binding Ebook
Publisher Lexington Books
Publication date October 15, 2014
Language English
Country Uruguay
Authors Rosewarne, Lauren