Performing sex : the making and unmaking of women's erotic lives / Breanne Fahs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fahs, Breanne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Sexual behavior.

Women.

Sex (Psychology).

Women and erotica.

Physical Description:

xi, 364 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York, Albany, [2011]

Summary:

Despite women's liberation, why do so many women still struggle with sexual and body image issues? That is the question Fahs (women and gender studies, Arizona State U.) addresses. Drawing on interviews, she considers the costs of "performing" an authentic self given cultural script. Issues examined include pressures to perform bisexuality, rape and other sexual fantasies, attitudes toward pornography, and sex-positive vs. sex-negative feminism. She also treats the marketing of Viagra-like drugs for women. The book includes methodological appendices. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Getting, giving, faking, having: orgasm and the performance of pleasure

Compulsory bisexuality?: the challenges of modern sexual fluidity

The rise of Viagra for women: how sexual pharmaceuticals medi(c)ate desire

On the many joys of sex: pleasure, love, and the gendered body

The culture of domination: sexual violence, objectification, and access

Imaginary and imagination: pornography and sexual fantasy in everyday life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-352) and index.

ISBN:

9781438437828

143843782X

9781438437811

1438437811

OCLC:

700205661