Sexuality is an integral part of our lives, and our identities. But how do we study it? Written in a lively and accessible style, Studying Sexualities aims to introduce students to the critical study of sexuality, taking a look at the major theories, media representations, and cultural practices.
After having carefully explained the key theoretical and empirical debates on the subject - outlining Foucauldian Constructionism, Psychoanalysis, and Queer Theory - the authors draw on their own original research to address timely topics related to gender, sexuality, and popular culture. Contemporary examples used within the book include discussions of sex shops, cybersex, and sex toys, the TV series Sex and the City, Will and Grace and The L Word, and the immensely popular Twilight books.
Studying Sexualities is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students on Cultural, Media, Film, or visual Studies, or Sociology and Sexuality courses, who are interested in researching the fascinating complexities of sexuality today.
NIALL RICHARDSON is a lecturer at the University of Sussex, and CLARISSA SMITH and ANGELA WERNDLY are lecturers at the University of Sunderland, UK. This book is the culmination of their considerable teaching and writing experience within the field of sexualities. Their specific research interests include feminism and popular culture, queer theory, the body and consumption.

Niall Richardson is Senior Lecturer in Media and Film at the University of Sussex, UK.

Introduction
PART I: QUESTIONS OF THEORY
1. Introduction
2. Michael Foucault and the 'Invention' of Sexuality
3. Psychoanalysis
4. Queer Theory
PART II: REPRESENTATIONS
5. Introduction
6. Homosexuality
7. Lesbianism
8. Heterosexuality
9. Teenage Sexuality
10. Sex and Violence
PART III: SEXUAL CULTURES
11. Shopping for Sex
12. S&M, Fetishism and the Limits of Tolerance
13. Cybersex
14. Conclusion.