1st Edition

Sex and Leisure Promiscuous Perspectives

Edited By Diana C. Parry, Corey W. Johnson Copyright 2021
208 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book uses the emerging and cutting-edge area of leisure research to highlight the importance of sexuality and sexual activity and its relevance to leisure studies. It brings to the fore some complex issues associated with this topic using a range of substantive, epistemological, theoretical and methodological approaches. Drawing on international scholarship, the book examines... Read more

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction - Let’s Talk About Sex: Promiscuous Perspectives on Sex and Leisure
Diana C. Parry, Corey W. Johnson, and Jonathan Petrychyn

Chapter 1 - Reflexivity and Ethical Considerations in Investigating the Links between Sex and Leisure
Liza Berdychevsky

Chapter 2 - Playing with Danger: Encouraging Research on BDSM as a Form of Leisure via Reflection and Confession
D J Williams, Emily E. Prior, and Jeremy N. Thomas

Chapter 3 - Some Memoirs of a Male Stripper: An Autoethnography of Hegemonic Masculinity and Heteronormativity
Jordan T. Bakhsh and Corey W. Johnson

Chapter 4 - Sex, Power, and Controlling Bodies: The Incels and Pickup Artists
Luc S. Cousineau

Chapter 5 - "Making myself more desirable": Digital Self-(re)presentation on Geo-social Networking Apps for Men Seeking Men
Harrison Oakes, Corey W. Johnson, & Diana C. Parry

Chapter 6 - A Porn of One’s Own: Feminist Complexities with Women’s Consumption of Online Sexually Explicit Materials
Bronwen L. Valtchanov and Diana C. Parry

Chapter 7 - Kinky People Need Kinky Events: Kinkster Events and Kink/BDSM Products in Hospitality and Tourism
Craig Webster

Chapter 8 - Somewhere Under the Rainbow: Drag at The Showbar
Gabby Skeldon and Brett Lashua

Chapter 9 - Sex-on-Wheels: The Leisure Sexscape of Scooter-Ladies
Aristeidis Gkoumas

Chapter 10 - In Bed with a Stranger: Doing Research toward a Risky, Reflexive, and Promiscuous Leisure Studies
Jonathan Petrychyn, Corey W. Johnson, and Diana C. Parry

Index

Biography

Diana C. Parry is a Professor in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies and the Associate Vice-President of Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion at the University of Waterloo, Canada.

Corey W. Johnson is a Professor in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies at the University of Waterloo, Canada.