Brian McNair
Mediated sex is about the proliferation of sexual discourse in all its variants, from pornography as narrowly defined to the s/m chic of advertising and the art of Jeff Koons and Madonna. It examines the place of these representations in late-20th century, post-HIV and AIDS culture, and in the context of the history of sexual representation from Greek antiquity onward. With extensive reference to examples drawn from the US and the UK, ,Mediated Sex, attempts to make sense of and assess the many contradictory and conflicting claims made about the impact of sexual representation on individuals and societies. those
Nonfiction
Mediated Sex: Pornography and Postmodern Culture