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Latex and lingerie : shopping for pleasure at Ann Summers / Merl Storr

lst ed

Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2003 [©2003]

Online-Ressource (xii, 235 p) : ill

Englisch

Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; 1: Introducing Ann Summers; The Ann Summers Party Plan; Ann Summers - a typical party plan?; Researching Ann Summers; Liquorice allsorts; ''The No 1 Fun Company''; Personality, skill and emotional labour; ''Young mums''; Ann Summers as post-feminist fun; Hidden depths; About this book; 2: ''The Ultimate Girls'' Night In''; Conceptualising Homosociality; Male homosociality; Female homosociality; Ann Summers and Female Homosociality; Helping women to serve the interests of men; Being one of the girls; Lesbophobia; Summary and Conclusion

3: Objects of DesireAnn Summers Parties for Men?; She Likes Men; Feeling sexy; Men in uniform - ''hello boys!''; ''All That''s Missing is the Man!''; The penis and the phallus; Pass my penis; Feel it, believe it!; Summary and Conclusion; 4: Feminine Bodies, Feminine Pleasures; The Heterosexual Female Erogenous Body at Ann Summers Parties; Technique and interior zones; Technique and exterior zones; Erogenous functions; The Female Homosocial Body at Ann Summers Parties; The homosocial body''s oral pleasures; The homosocial body''s vocal pleasures; The homosocial body''s tactile pleasures

The homosocial body''s visual pleasuresSummary and Conclusion; 5: Classy Lingerie; Peeling the Lemon; Homosocial Underwear; The girls go shopping; Luxury/utility; Sleaze/respectability; Eroticism/domesticity; Summary and Conclusion; 6: Conclusion; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Includes bibliographical references and index

Print version: Latex and Lingerie : Shopping for Pleasure at Ann Summers Parties

1-85973-693-9 ; 1-85973-698-X

978-1-85973-693-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

Online-Ausg.

2009

Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

LB 44190      Ähnliche Literatur

HF5439.L37

306.7 ; 381/.45687/0820941

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Electronic books ; Ann Summers Limited ; Direct selling ; Great Britain ; Case studies ; Home-based businesses ; Great Britain ; Case studies ; Lingerie industry ; Great Britain ; Case studies

Sexy, hedonistic, hilarious - Ann Summers parties are the ultimate girls'' night in. Promising the perfect antidote to the toils of everyday life - sexual pleasure - they are the ''naughty but nice'' version of the classic Tupperware® party. Ann Summers parties are incredibly popular, with around 4000 parties held in Britain every week. The basis is simple: to provide an all-female environment where women can buy sexy lingerie, erotic fashion, sex toys and other sex-related products. In many respects these parties enable women to transgress social taboos in the comfort of their own homes