‘… but I haven’t got a body to show’: Self-pornification and male mixed feelings in digitally mediated seduction practices

Sexualities

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2015, Pages 714-730

  Lasén, Amparo ^a   García, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Digital self portraits; masculinities; online flirting; self pornification; subjectivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939249245     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460714561720     Document Type: Article

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