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Designed for Pleasure: Style, Indulgence and Accessorized Sex European Journal of Cultural Studies, 2007, Volume 10. Number 2, pp.167-184.

Smith, Clarissa Designed for Pleasure: Style, Indulgence and Accessorized Sex European Journal of Cultural Studies, 2007, Volume 10. Number 2, pp.167-184. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 10 (2). pp. 167-184. ISSN 1367-5494

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Abstract

This article examines sex retailing in the UK and advancements in sex toy design in order to explore the part that these products play in discourses of female sexual self-discovery. As british culture appears increasingly transfixed by sex and sexual advanture, the proliferation of sex toys could be explained as just another instance of its relaxed attitudes. The existence of specialist erotic boutiques for women indicates a shift in perceptions of women's sexuality, although the focus on 'acceptance' of sexual practices ignores the ways in which women's consumption of sexual artefacts is dependent upon the intersections of gender and class identities and the construction of a particular form of hedonistic femininity. This article explores the ways in which High Street sex retailing engages with feminism and questions of identity and taste.

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Depositing User: Clarissa Smith

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Item ID: 6093
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549407075901
ISSN: 1367-5494
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/6093
Official URL: http://ecs.sagepub.com/content/10/2/167.abstract

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ORCID for Clarissa Smith: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0046-8733

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Date Deposited: 21 Mar 2016 16:16
Last Modified: 18 Dec 2019 15:38

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Author: Clarissa Smith ORCID iD
Author: Clarissa Smith

University Divisions

Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries
Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries > School of Media and Communications

Subjects

Design > Fashion
Media > Media and Cultural Studies
Design > Product Design
Social Sciences > Sociology
Design

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