1. “Good Girl”: An Introduction to Audio Erotica 2. “I’ll Talk You Through It”: Defining Audio Erotica 3. “After All, Consent is Sexy”: Pornography, Erotica, and Romance 4. “You Are Perfect, Baby”: Audio Intimacy 5. [Kissing] [Consent] [Body Worship] [Cunnilingus] [Fingering] [Praise]: Genre in Audio Erotica 6. “Sit Up Straight With Your Shoulders Back”: Wellness and Audio Erotica 7. “Do You Want Me to Praise You Like I Do In My Audios?”: Parasociality in Audio Erotica 8. “So In Tune With Each Other”: Conclusion
Biography
Athena Bellas is an Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne in the Faculty of Arts, working in the field of feminist media and film studies.
Jodi McAlister is a Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature, and Culture at Deakin University in Melbourne. She is the President of the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance. She is also a romance novelist, and her most recent release is An Academic Affair (Atria, 2025).
"Want to know all about the newest trend in by-women/for-women erotica and sex tech? This first-ever book-length study of audio erotica is a key research text for those interested in sound studies, popular romance studies, and feminist takes on women’s desire and pleasure. With clear and lively writing, it enlightened and amused me. Highly recommended!"
Catherine M. Roach, Research Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies, New College, University of Alabama
"If Justice Potter Stewart thought of pornography, “I know it when I see it,” we can now ponder what it might mean to hear it. What is audio erotica? This is the question that Bellas and McAlister answer. This book carefully brings together the study of audio cultures, erotica, romance, and the ongoing question of pornography and the obscene. Audio Erotica is not only a welcome, but much needed, contribution that points towards new and future directions. A pleasure to read."
Jonathan A. Allan, Professor in the Department of English, Drama and Creative Writing and Gender and Women’s Studies, Brandon University
