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I welcome enquiries from new doctoral research students in any of my areas of interest, which include subjects relating to pornography; sexualisation and mediated sexualities; censorship; audiences; and gendered representations.
My research centres on sexual media and representations. I am interested in the textual formations of pornography and how those play out across different technologies; in how people access and engage with pornographic materials and with other forms of sexualized products. I’m also fascinated by seemingly constant demands for increasing regulation and censorship.
I have written about the problems of attempts to legislate against pornography and have been active in opposing measures which seek to criminalise the imagination. Alongside this work, I have explored porn-star performances, the meanings of masochism in sexual storytelling, the idea of ‘authenticity’ in pornography, and how audiences speak about the sexual content they like.
Recent publications:
Sexualised Masculinity: Men’s Bodies in 21st Century Media Culture, co-authored with John Mercer (Birmingham City University) and available open access via this link.I am a founding co-editor of the Routledge journal Porn Studies, a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Gender Studies, of Sexualities, of Cine-Excess and of Participations.
Between 2019 and 2022, I was co-investigator with Professor John Mercer, Birmingham City University (PI) on the Masculinity, Sex and Popular Culture research network funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The network connected academics, early career researchers and students as well as experts and commentators from outside of academia. Together we explored the issues and debates around contemporary masculinity, sex and sexuality in order to set an ambitious agenda for subsequent research. You can see what the network achieved at our website https://mascnet.org/
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Philosophy, DPhil, One for the Girls: The Practices and Pleasures of Porn For Women, University of Sussex
1 Sept 1998 → 1 Jul 2002
Award Date: 1 Jul 2002
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Smith, C. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Smith, C. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Smith, C. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Smith, C. (Chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Smith, C. (Participant), Attwood, F. (Participant) & Scott, R. (Participant)
Impact: Public discourseand understanding, Health and welfare
Smith, C. (Participant)
Impact: Public policy, law and services, Public discourseand understanding