Going to bed with a camera: On the visualization of sexuality and the production of knowledge

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 637-656

  Schwarz, Ori ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

knowledge; photography; pleasure; porn; reflexivity; sexuality; video; visual culture; visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649661840     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877910376581     Document Type: Article

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