Beschreibung:
Orgasmic Bodies explores how bodily experiences of orgasm are worked up as present/absent, complicated/straightforward, too slow/too fast, fake or real, in the doing of masculinities and femininities. Engaging with both science and popular culture it examines the meanings given to orgasmic bodies in contemporary heterosex.
1. What Is An Orgasm... And Why Does It Matter?2. The Orgasmic Imperative3. Complicated Women, Straightforward Men4. Coming Together: The Timing Of Orgasm5. Orgasmic Labour: Training The Body For Orgasmic Success6. Performing Orgasm: Blurring The 'Real' And The 'Fake'7. Embodying Orgasmic Sensation8. The Climax: Conclusions And ReflectionsEndnotes