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Dear Colleagues,
The following edited collection has been published by I.B. Tauris.

Mainstreaming Sex: The Sexualization of Western Culture

Introduction: The Sexualization of Culture
Feona Attwood

Section 1: Pornography and Pornographication

The New Pornographies: Representation or Reality?
Simon Hardy

Pleasing Intensities: Masochism and Affective Pleasures in Porn Short Fictions 
Clarissa Smith

“Choke on it, Bitch!”: Porn Studies, Extreme Gonzo and the Mainstreaming of 
Hardcore 
Stephen Maddison

From Porn Chic to Porn Fear: the Return of the Repressed?
Brian McNair


Section 2: Sexualization and Mainstream Media

The Mainstreaming of Masturbation: Autoeroticism and Consumer Capitalism
Greg Tuck

Supersexualize Me!: Advertising and the ‘Midriffs’
Rosalind Gill

Whatever Happened to Cathy and Claire?: Sex, Advice and the Role of the 
Agony Aunt
Petra Boynton

Section 3: Striptease Culture

Too Much Too Toung?: Young People, Sexual Media and Learning
Sara Bragg & David Buckingham

Some Texts Do It Better: Women, Sexually Explicit Texts and the Everyday
Dana Wilson-Kovacs

Keeping Fit in Six Inch Heels: The Mainstreaming of Pole Dancing
Samantha Holland & Feona Attwood

BUST-ing the Third Wave: Barbies, Blowjobs and Girlie Feminism
Rebecca Munford