part 1. Why theory?: Michel Foucault and the ’invention’ of sexuality -- Psychoanalysis and sexuality -- Queer theory and postmodern sexualities -- part 2. Representations: Representations of homosexuality ; Case study: Will and Grace -- Representations of lesbians on television ; Case study: The L word -- Representations of heterosexuality 1 ; Case study: Sex and the city -- Representations of heterosexuality 2 ; Case study: Entourage -- Representations of teenage sexuality ; Case study: Point Horror and Twilight -- part 3. Sexual cultures: Sexualization, commodifying sex and the mainstreaming of masturbation -- Sadomasochism: definitions and legislation -- Online sexual pratices.
"An introduction to the critical study of sexuality in a media, film, and cultural studies context."--Page 2.