Communication in Kink: Understanding the Influence of the Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomenon [Hardcover]

This edited collection focuses on varying communication perspectives in the Fifty Shades of Grey series. In particular, the chapters focus on kinky peoples perceptions of the series; consent, ownership, feminist desire in 24/7 BDSM; erotic romance writing in the post Fifty Shades of Grey landscape; sexual education; news coverage of the series; the rhetoric used in the series; and depictions of consent. The contributors address how a series as dominant in popular culture as Fifty Shades of Grey can affect people involved in a community, those on the outside, and those waiting for an opportunity to explore. Scholars of popular culture, communication, media studies, literary studies, and sociology will find this book particularly useful.Jessica M. W. Kratzer is assistant professor of communication studies at Northern Kentucky University.This compilation echoes the Fifty Shades trilogy with analytical moments that describe, question, contest, disappoint, anger, reveal, delight, and consistently enlighten. Tina A. Coffelt, Iowa State University

Chapter 1: Kinky Peoples Perceptions of the Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy

Chapter 2: You are Mine: Consent, Ownership, and Feminist Desire in 24/7 BDSM

Chapter 3: The Good, the Bad, and the Kinky: Erotic Romance Writing in a Post Fifty

Shades of Grey Landscape

Chapter 4: Communication, Kink, and Sexual Education: What Young Women Learned from Fifty Shades of Grey

Chapter 5: Mommy Porn for the Suburban Wife: News Coverage of Fifty Shades of Grey

Chapter 6: Self-help in Kink: A Critical Look at Erotic How-To

Chapter 7: Asking for It: Depictions of Consent and what Fifty Shades of Grey Offers that Others Miss

Chapter 8: The Rhetorical Effectivities of Fifty Shades of Grey

Chapter 9: We Aim to Please: Reading into Relational Dynamics

Chapter 10: Baby Boomer Women: Fifty Shades of Change

Chapter 11: Gay, Grey, Gray, and Play: Fifty Shades Queer