1st Edition
The Ambiguity of Consent Consent Puzzles in Film, Television, Public Discourse, and the Law
1. Introduction: The Unraveling of a Framework—The Puzzling Nature of Consent
Michele Meek
Part I: Blurred Boundaries: Highlighting the Untenability of Consent Frameworks
2. The Televisual is Political: Hermeneutical Justice, Consciousness-Raising, and Bad Sex on TV
Zoe Moss
3. Revisiting the Age of Sexual Consent: The Impact of “Romeo and Juliet Law” in Japan
Xiao Zhou
4. The Changing Landscape of Consent in Film: From Not a Pretty Picture to How to Have Sex
Magda Vaz
5. Trans Youth on Trial: The Rise of the Consent-in-Crisis Spectacle
Mia Cecily Florin-Sefton
Part II: Dominance Dynamics: Exploring Power Differentials Embedded in Consent Culture
6. Shades of Gray: Representing the Gray Area of Consent in Kristen Roupenian's "Cat Person"
Emily Rosman
7. Stolen Kisses: Examining Bollywood’s Portrayal of Consent for Kissing in Romance Films
Simran Tapaswi
8. We Need to Talk About Banshee: Graphic Television Violence and Consent
Meghan Jordan
9. Being "Handsy" or "Hands Off": #MeToo, COVID-19, and the Association of Hands with (Non)Consensual Touch
Michele White
10. Consent in the Classroom: Feminist and Queer Debates around Power and Pedagogy
Avik Sarkar
Part III: Creative Disruptions: Reimagining Consent Paradigms through Alternate Frameworks
11. Negotiating Male Anxiety and Accountability Regarding Consent in Netflix’s Raising Voices
Verónica Mondragón Paredes
12. PDF Files as Accusations: A Body Politics Perspective on Overseas Chinese Students’ Nonconsensual Sexual Experience in Self-Sharing Online Archives
Edward Jiru Zeng
13. Asexuality Inclusion as Consent Solution: Law & Order SVU as Case Study
Lynn Deboeck
14. Consent as Plaything: Consent Practices through the Lens of Queer Game Studies
Patrick Munnelly and David Riche
Biography
Michele Meek is an Associate Professor of Communication at Bridgewater State University.
