Mediated Sex: Pornography & Postmodern Culture

by Brian McNair

Mediated sex is about the proliferation of sexual discourse in all its variants, from pornography as narrowly defined to the "s/m chic" of advertising and the art of Jeff Koons and Madonna. It examines the place of these representations in late-20th century, post-HIV and AIDS culture, and in the context of the history of sexual representation from Greek antiquity onward. With extensive reference to examples drawn from the US and the UK, Mediated Sex...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340614285
• ISBN13: 9780340614280
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.2"