Abstract
Recognising that popular erotic memoirs represent and embody the significant changes experienced by women in Western cultures over the last 20 years, this chapter balances both the empowering and disempowering aspects of the genre, concluding that this new phenomenon in commercial publishing both celebrates and undermines women’s sexual agency.
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Lynne Segal, “The Belly of the Beast: Sex as Male Domination?” in The Masculinities Reader, eds Stephen Whitehead and Frank Barrett (London: Polity Press, 2001), 100.
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Gwynne, J. (2013). Conclusion. In: Erotic Memoirs and Postfeminism: The Politics of Pleasure. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137326546_6
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