1st Edition
Sexualised Masculinity Men’s Bodies in 21st Century Media Culture
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
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Sexualised Masculinity: Men’s Bodies in 21st Century Media Culture explores evolving portrayals of masculinity in contemporary media, focusing on the increasing eroticisation of the male body.
This book examines how traditional and digital media – from films and television to social media platforms and fashion – have transformed the ways masculinity is represented and perceived. Through a... Read more
Introduction: Masculinity, Sex and Sexualisation 1. Sex Talk: Vocabularies of Sex and Models and Patterns of Masculinity 2. Hollywood Bodies: Matinee Idols to Sex Symbols 3. Aspirational Bodies: Health, Fitness and the Body Project 4. The Fashion and Beauty Body 5. Queer Masculine Bodies: Mainstream and Margins 6. What about Daddy? 7. 'Thirst Trapping’: Digitised Desire and the Online Sexual Economy
Biography
John Mercer is Professor of Gender and Sexuality at Birmingham City University, UK.
Clarissa Smith is Professor of Sexual Culture and Media at Northumbria University, UK.
