{"product_id":"bodies-of-work-rebecca-saunders-9783030490188","title":"Bodies of Work: The Labour of Sex in the Digital Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a timely and innovative exploration of the vital relationship between sex and capitalism in the digital age. It provides a lively, provocative analysis of how specifically \u003ci\u003edigital\u003c\/i\u003e forms of capitalist accumulation and labour shape and discipline the contemporary sexual body. Rebecca Saunders focuses on pornography\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ein order to investigate the impact of digital forms of capitalism on contemporary sexuality and reveals the centrality of pornography to the digital attention economy, affective economics, the information economy, the creative industries and neoliberalism. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e Saunders uncovers a fundamental shift in the aesthetics and meaning of pornographic film, from a genre concerned with representing sexual pleasure to one that has become focused on representing sex as labour. Contemporary pornographic film is therefore read as a sign and symptom of how digital forms of capitalism regulate the twenty-first century sexual body through digital interfaces and technologies. \u003ci\u003eBodies of Work \u003c\/i\u003eanalyses major porn studios, dominant streaming platforms, significant directors and performers and queer and alternative pornographies, and presents new and significant concepts such as sexual datafication, the labour of visibility and interventionist pornography. Discussing pornographic film, sexuality, digital culture, labour and capitalism, this book will be of interest to students and scholars across gender studies, media and cultural studies, digital humanities and economics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rebecca Saunders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3030490181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030490188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.76d","brand":"Rebecca Saunders","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43945555755263,"sku":"9783030490188","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1ee2d852-11a5-4f2d-ad4d-1277e368dec3.jpg?v=1681508827","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bodies-of-work-rebecca-saunders-9783030490188","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}