Erotic Memoirs and Postfeminism [electronic resource] : The Politics of Pleasure /
Gwynne, J.author.
This book analyses the impact of postfeminist discourse and the mainstreaming of pornography on our understanding of intimacy and female sexuality. It is a broad critical survey of a recent publishing phenomenon – the female-authored erotic memoir – and positions the texts under analysis as complex and contradictory expressions of popular feminism.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction                   ""; ""1 Agency               ""; ""2 Intimacy                 ""; ""3 Pornography                    ""; ""4 Transgression                      ""; ""Conclusion                 ""; ""Bibliography                   ""; ""Index            ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book analyses the impact of postfeminist discourse and the mainstreaming of pornography on our understanding of intimacy and female sexuality. It is a broad critical survey of a recent publishing phenomenon – the female-authored erotic memoir – and positions the texts under analysis as complex and contradictory expressions of popular feminism.
Sociology.
Literature, Modern—20th century.
Literature.
Fiction.
Feminist theory.
Gender Studies.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Literature, general.
Fiction.
Feminism.