[Commlist] New book: The Pornification of America

We would like to announce a new publication from New York University 
Press, which we hope will be of interest.

*The Pornification of America***

How Raunch Culture Is Ruining Our Society

*Bernadette Barton***

https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781479894437/the-pornification-of-america/ 
<https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781479894437/the-pornification-of-america/> 


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“Once dismissed as a teenage phase, raunch culture is now a path to the 
presidency. Barton inspires us to take America back. Deftly teasing 
apart notions of sex positivity, sexual liberation, and radical 
feminism, she exposes raunch culture’s pernicious lie: that 
pornification is empowerment. And not a moment too soon.”*—Lisa Wade, 
author of **/American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus /*

“Feel anger, rage, or hope. It is impossible to read /The Pornification 
of America/without feeling something about the thorny issues of mediated 
sexual desire in the 21st century. Bernadette Barton writes about the 
relentless capitalist commodification of female sexiness and the people 
who participate in it. From incels to pastors to politicians, nobody is 
exempt from the objectified and self-objectified raunch culture that 
Barton portrays. This book aims to deprogram readers’ subconscious 
conditioning and create the mental space to imagine a sex-positive 
revolution, not merely sexist shadows of that goal.”*—Shira Tarrant, 
author of **/The Pornography Industry: What Everyone Needs to Know/*

“In her timely book, Bernadette Barton shows us how raunch culture has 
invaded every aspect of our lives—personally, professionally and 
politically. This book should be used on college campuses across the 
country to stimulate debate on how we got here, why it matters and what 
we can do to change it.”*—Kathleen A. Bogle, author of **/Hooking Up: 
Sex, Dating and Relationships on Campus /*

“In /The Pornification of America/, Bernadette Barton offers a 
multi-faceted examination of what she calls ‘raunch culture’ in American 
society. She has a sophisticated awareness of feminist debates that are 
attuned to both protecting women’s right to bodily 
self-determination—and our right to do what we please with our 
bodies—while simultaneously remaining critical of sexist and racialized 
cultural commodifications that can have insidious effects on women’s 
sense of feminist freedoms.”*—Lynn Chancer, author of **/After the Rise 
and Stall of American Feminism: Taking Back a Revolution/*

“/The Pornification of America/is an excellent book for considering how 
sexism shapes popular culture and consequently public vernacular and 
social relationships. This is a great read for students or for any 
reader curious about the politics of raunch culture.”*—Kristen Barber, 
author of **/Styling Masculinity: Gender, Class, and Inequality in the 
Men’s Grooming Industry/*//

An up-close look at how porn permeates our culture

Pictures of half-naked girls and women can seem to litter almost every 
screen, billboard, and advertisement in America. Pole-dancing studios 
keep women fit. Men airdrop their dick pics to female passengers on 
planes and trains. To top it off, the First Lady has modeled nude and 
the “leader of the free world” has bragged about grabbing women “by the 
pussy.”

This pornification of our society is what Bernadette Barton calls 
“raunch culture.” Barton explores what raunch culture is, why it 
matters, and how it is ruining America. She exposes how internet porn 
drives trends in programming, advertising, and social media, and makes 
its way onto our phones, into our fashion choices, and into our sex 
lives. From twerking and breast implants, to fake nails and push-up 
bras, she explores just how much we encounter raunch culture on a daily 
basis—porn is the new normal.

Drawing on interviews, television shows, movies, and social media, 
Barton argues that raunch culture matters not because it is sexy, but 
because it is sexist. She shows how young women are encouraged to be 
sexy like porn stars, and to be grateful for getting cat-called or 
receiving unsolicited dick pics. As politicians vote to restrict women’s 
access to birth control and abortion, /The Pornification of 
America/exposes the double standard we attach to women’s sexuality.

*Bernadette Barton*is Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at 
Morehead State University, and the author of /Stripped: More Stories 
from Exotic Dancers/and /Pray the Gay Away: The Extraordinary Lives of 
Bible Belt Gays/.


*New York University Press**| March 2021 | 224pp | 9781479894437 | HB | 
£18.99**

*Price subject to change.

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