[Commlist] New book: Sex Education - School's Out for Netflix

The edited collection on the Netflix series /Sex Education/ has just 
been published by Bloomsbury, edited by Deborah Shaw and Rob Stone.


https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sex-education-9798765107317/# 
<https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sex-education-9798765107317/#>

Back cover review:
/Almost as bingeable as the series itself, this volume offers a 
fascinating exploration of a TV show which has arguably influenced young 
people’s ideas around sexuality more than any formal educational 
initiative could hope to. This is a must-read for those teaching, or 
interested in, television, relationships and sex education - not only 
because of the show’s widespread appeal, but also because it provides 
critical contemplation of the most relevant ideas arising in classrooms 
today./
//Amelia Jenkinson, former CEO of the School of Sexuality Education 
(formerly Sexplain).

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Description

This collection maps the origins of the Netflix series Sex Education in 
relation to the genre of teenage high school dramas and comedies, 
exploring the four-season narrative arc and analysing the principal 
themes and characters.

The Netflix series Sex Education has been a standout critical and 
popular success and has featured among Netflix's most watched content in 
190 countries throughout its 4 seasons. Its fresh and exciting 
portrayals of teenagers and their friendships, relationships, identities 
and sexualities demand new frameworks for understanding gender and 
genre, as well as the dynamics of streaming and interaction with the 
audience.

This collection considers the aesthetics of the series and its main 
philosophical, ethical and political aspects. It investigates the 
creative process behind the ground-and-taboo-breaking series, examining 
it as a cultural product that is both old and new in that it relies on 
tried and tested generic formulae while also being responsive to new 
identity formations.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors

Introduction: Utopian Tropes and Troubled Teens
Deborah Shaw (University of Portsmouth, UK) & Rob Stone (University of 
Birmingham, UK)

1. Genre and Gender: Sex Education in Theory and Practice
Deborah Shaw (University of Portsmouth, UK), Rob Stone (University of 
Birmingham, UK) & James Walters (University of Birmingham, UK)

2. All the Times in the World: Sex Education and the Televisual Multiverse
James Walters (University of Birmingham, UK)

3. Vulnerable Sanctuaries: The Precarity of Safe Spaces in Sex Education
Andrea Reguiera Martín (University of Zaragoza, Spain)

4. The Construction of Queer Utopian Spaces in Sex Education: A Critical 
Approach to Cavendish College
Lucía Gloria Vázquez Rodríguez (University College London, UK)

5. Lessons on Love: Emotional Relationships and Attachment Styles in Sex 
Education
Ania Malinowska (University of Silesia, Poland)

6. “I'm Scared. And I Think I'm Bisexual”: Grappling with Bisexuality in 
Sex Education
Sabrina Mittermeier (University of Kassel, Germany)

7. “It's Like I've Come Home”: Race, Queerness, and Hybrid Identities in 
Sex Education
Anamarija Horvat (Northumbria University, UK)

8. “I'm Trying to Figure Out What Kind of Man I Wanna Be…”: Otis and the 
Nostalgic Struggles of Contemporary Teen Masculinity
Tracey Mollet (University of Leeds, UK)

9. Complex Female Characters: The Makings of Maeve
Rob Stone (University of Birmingham, UK)

10. “Some Sexy Kind of Witch”: Representing Modern Motherhood in Sex 
Education
Louise Coopey (University of Birmingham, UK)

11. Intimacy Coordination and Consent Culture in Sex Education
Susan Berridge (University of Stirling, UK) & Tanya Horeck (Anglia 
Ruskin University, UK)

12. “We Were Just Havin' A Bit of Fun”: Teenagers and Porn in Sex Education
Debra Dudek (Edith Cowan University, Australia), Lelia Green (Edith 
Cowan University, Australia) & Giselle Woodley (Edith Cowan University 
and Curtin University, Australia)

13. Sex Education in Sex Education
Deborah Shaw (University of Portsmouth, UK)

14. Fuck The Pain Away: Real-life Counselling Versus its Fictional 
Representation in Sex Education
Jeremy Schultz (Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, UK)
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