Smith, Clarissa (2009) Pleasure and distance: Exploring sexual cultures in the classroom. Sexualities, 12 (5). pp. 568-585. ISSN 1363-4607

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Abstract

Teaching sexually explicit materials to undergraduate
students is fraught with questions of what ought to be taught when we introduce sessions on pornography, cybersex, explicit representations of gay and lesbian sexuality and the politics of representation more generally. This article will address some of those concerns through a meditation on some of my own teaching experiences offered, not as an example of best practice, but as a further contribution to the provocative discussions elsewhere in this issue. I argue that teaching about sexually explicit representations has the potential for reaching beyond the examination of hegemonic meanings or the exposition of generic repetitions to more innovative exploration of the cultural discourses of sexuality.
Keywords: classroom strategies, pornography, teaching sexualities

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Working with Young People Culture Media Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts Design and Media > Department of Media
Depositing User:	Clarissa Smith
Date Deposited:	24 Nov 2016 14:25
Last Modified:	29 Sep 2017 08:31
URI:	http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/6813

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