Abstract

The Routledge Companion to Media, Sex and Sexuality is a vibrant and authoritative exploration of the ways in which sex and sexualities are mediated in modern media and everyday life. The 40 chapters in this volume offer a snapshot of the remarkable diversification of approaches and research within the field, bringing together a diverse mix of scholars and researchers from around the world and from different disciplinary backgrounds including cultural studies, education, history, media studies, sexuality studies and sociology. The volume includes research from around the world to give readers a broad array of global and transnational issues and intersectional perspectives as authors address a series of important questions that have consequences for current and future thinking in the field. Topics explored include postfeminism, masculinities, media industries, queer identities, video games, media activism, music video, sexualization, celebrities, sport, sex advice books, pornography and erotica, and social and mobile media. The Routledge Companion to Media, Sex and Sexuality is an essential guide to the central ideas, concepts and debates currently shaping research in mediated sexualities and the connections between conceptions of sexual identity, bodies and media technologies.