Opening pandora's box: Pleasure, consent and consequence in the production and circulation of celebrity sex videos

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Hayward, Philip and Rahn, Alison. (2015). Opening pandora's box: Pleasure, consent and consequence in the production and circulation of celebrity sex videos. Porn Studies. 2(1), pp. 49 - 61. https://doi.org/10.1080/23268743.2014.984951
AuthorsHayward, Philip and Rahn, Alison
Abstract

The celebrity sex video is now a well-established part of contemporary audiovisual culture, although it attracts little attention as a phenomenon in itself. Any attention is primarily generated by the profile of the individuals involved, in terms of their relative degrees of celebrity and previously established public persona. Despite the increasing ubiquity of the phenomenon, issues concerning the production and dissemination of these videos are more complex than may first appear. Indeed, celebrity sex video production and distribution constitutes a contemporary media practice with distinct ethical and legal implications. This article provides an analysis of celebrity sex video production as a subset of personal sexual representation and attempts to characterize some of the ethical issues involved. A range of examples is used to illustrate the intertextual and broader contextual issues arising from the material's production and circulation.

Keywordscelebrity sex videos; consent; ethics; personal sex videos
Year2015
JournalPorn Studies
Journal citation2 (1), pp. 49 - 61
PublisherTaylor and Francis Ltd
ISSN2326-8743
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1080/23268743.2014.984951
Scopus EID2-s2.0-84962758848
Page range49 - 61
Research GroupSchool of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine
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Place of publicationUnited Kingdom
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