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Abstract This article addresses the representational conventions and gendered forms of address in online pornography through analysis of 366 unsolicited email (spam) messages advertising porn websites. Combining content description with close reading, it considers... view more
This article addresses the representational conventions and gendered forms of address in online pornography through analysis of 366 unsolicited email (spam) messages advertising porn websites. Combining content description with close reading, it considers the terminology, imagery, narrative elements and points of view employed in advertising commercial heterosexual pornography. The spam advertisements create excessive displays of gender difference. It seems that limited female agency is central, especially in messages advertising reality sites structured by gendered relations of control. Arguing that such displays of control should not be automatically translated as displays of power, this article investigates the representational logic of mainstream pornography as one based on binary differences, juxtapositions and easily recognizable types.... view less
Free Keywords
feminist research; internet research; pornography; representation; spam email;
Document language
English
Publication Year
2006
Page/Pages
p. 403-420
Journal
European Journal of Cultural Studies, 9 (2006) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549406069065
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)