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This book presents an innovative cross-disciplinary report on research across the humanities and social sciences about the relationship between pornography and its consumers.
For policy makers and the wider public it can be difficult to obtain a clear understanding of the current state of knowledge on pornography and its relationships with audiences, due to the often-contradictory nature of research spanning the various and politically diverse academic disciplines. The cross-disciplinary expertise of the author team has engaged in an extensive examination of the findings of academic research in the area in order to explain, in a clear and accessible style, the most important conclusions about the relationship of pornography to Healthy Sexual Development.
This short and accessible overview is suitable for students and scholars in Psychology, Sexual Health, Film Studies, Sex Education, Queer Theory, Gender Studies, Sexuality Studies, Sociology, Media Studies and Cultural Studies.
List of contents
1. Fifty years of academic research on pornography; 2. Method and approach; 3. Defining pornography; 4. Pornography and consent; 5. Learning from pornography; 6. Pornography and porn literacy; 7. Pornography and pleasure; 8. Recent academic research on pornography and healthy sexual development
About the author
Alan McKee has been a writer since the age of six, when he started to plot Superman and Batman stories with the luminaries of the so-called Golden Age of Comics, his father, Alvin Schwartz, Bill Finger, co-creator of Batman, and others from the DC stable. His first novel was accepted by Doubleday when he was 22. He s ghostwritten audio self-development programs by Deepak Chopra, Tony Robbins and other personal development gurus for Nightingale-Conant Corporation. He has also authored three Victorian mysteries. Alan is a visual digital artist who has exhibited internationally and pioneered the art form, making digital art, including NFTs on the computer with large and medium format photography for more than thirty years. Themes of climate changing focusing on the natural world of Gaia: Mother Earth.
Summary
This book presents an innovative cross-disciplinary report on research across the humanities and social sciences about the relationship between pornography and its consumers.
