1st Edition

Girls Negotiating Porn in South Africa Power, Play and Sexuality

206 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

206 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

206 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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Description

The book investigates how teenage girls in South Africa encounter and consume pornography, situating their experiences within wider sociocultural and affective relations of power. It focuses on girls’ online playful and pleasurable pursuits as they explore and expand upon their sexual curiosities. In this digital moment, the book directs us to the multi-layered meanings around porn, as an... Read more

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Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: What are Girls Learning from Porn?

Chapter 2: Block Porn and Play Porn: Power, Pleasure, and Possibilities

Chapter 3: "Dirty Work": The Politics of Researching Teenage Girls and Porn

Chapter 4: Porn Pops: "Ten or Eleven, I Already Knew What Sex Was"

Chapter 5: Porn Puzzles: Sexual Things, Feeling Things, and Unrealistic Things

Chapter 6: Porn for Pleasure: Pleasure for Men?

Chapter 7: Queer Assemblages: Girls Figuring Out Sexuality and Porn

Chapter 8: Porn Race(s): White, Long Hair, Nice Boobs, and Always Young

Chapter 9: Porn Conversations: "I’m Curious, You’re Curious, Let’s Be Curious Together"