Latex and lingerie: shopping for pleasure at Ann Summers
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1. Verfasser: Storr, Merl (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Berg 2003
Ausgabe:1st ed
Schriftenreihe:Materializing culture
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
1 - Introducing Ann Summers - The Ann Summers party plan - 'The no. 1 fun company.' -- 2 - 'The ultimate girls' night in' - Conceptualising homosociality - Ann Summers and female homosociality. -- - 3 - Objects of desire - Ann Summers' parties for men? - She likes men - 'All that's missing is the man!' -- - 4 - Feminine bodies, feminine pleasures - The heterosexual female erogenous body at Ann Summers parties - The female homosocial body at Ann Summers parties -- - 5 - Classy lingerie - Peeling the lemon - Homosocial underwear -- - 6 - Conclusion
"Ann Summers parties are incredibly popular with around 4,000 parties held in Britain every week. The basis is simple, to provide an all-female environment where women can buy sexy lingerie, erotic fashion, sex toys and other sex related products, in many aspects these parties enable women to transgress social taboos in the comfort of their own homes. But they are also a subtle means of constructing and enforcing heterosexual femininity." "This book investigates what really goes on at these 'special homosocial gatherings', where heterosexual women drink, laugh, shop, play party games and talk about sex. Storr develops a new analysis of the ways heterosexual women identify with and against each other - and of what, this tells us about gender, sexuality and consumption in contemporary society. Drawing on both participant observation and in-depth interviews with party organisers, this book is an indispensable guide to the politics of 'post-feminist' culture."--Jacket
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 235 p.)
ISBN:9781845206260
1845206266
9781847888778
1847888771

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