[ecrea] WMSN Seminar in December: Women, Sex and Media

>Womens Media Studies Network
>
>MeCCSA Womens Media Studies Network presents&
>
>Women, Sex and Media
>An afternoon seminar examining some of the ways in which womens sexuality
>is produced, represented and consumed in television drama, womens porn and
>girl zines.
>
>Venue
>Sheffield Hallam University
>
>Date and Time
>Friday 8 December 2006, 1pm ­ 5pm
>
>This event is organized by the Communication and Media Studies Group,
>Sheffield Hallam University. All women working in media, communication and
>cultural studies welcome. The event is free, but please register before 16th
>November 2006 by emailing Feona Attwood on (feona.attwood /at/ btinternet.com).
>
>1.00 Welcome
>
>1.15-2.30
>
>Keynote Talk and Discussion
>Jane Arthurs
>Charitable Politics: Women's rights as human rights in campaigns against sex
>trafficking
>
>Jane Arthurs teaches Media and Cultural studies at the University of the
>West of England and is a member of the MECCSA executive committee.  She has
>published widely on women, sexuality and the media. Her most recent book is
>Television and Sexuality: Regulation and the Politics of Taste (2004, Open
>University Press) which investigates the impact of multichannel digital
>television on sexual portrayal. She is currently researching the media
>strategies used in global charitable campaigns against sex trafficking, such
>as UNICEF or MTV's Exit Campaign, and the aesthetic and ethical issues these
>raise.
>
>2,30-3.00 Coffee
>
>3.00-4.30
>Panel Presentation and Discussion
>
>Clarissa Smith
>Emotional Vibrations and Physical Sensations: Women Reading Porn Fictions
>
>Clarissa Smith teaches Media & Cultural Studies at the University of
>Sunderland. Her research interests are the production and consumption of
>pornography, sex retailing, audiences and popular cultures. Her published
>work includes studies of softcore pornography, readers of For Women
>magazine, and the erotic performers, The Chippendales. Her book, One for the
>Girls! The Production and Readership of Pornography for Women is published
>by Intellect Books in 2007.
>
>Rebecca Munford
>If it feels good, screw it: Girlie Feminism, the Sex Wars and Raunch Culture
>
>Rebecca Munford teaches English at the University of Exeter. Her research
>interests are womens writing, contemporary feminist theory and popular
>culture. She is the co-editor of Third Wave Feminism: A Critical Exploration
>(2004). Her latest book, Feminism and Popular Culture: Explorations in
>Post-feminism, co-authored with Stacy Gillis, is published by I.B.Tauris in
>2007.
>
>4.30-5.00
>Discussion and Conclusion

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