A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
‘How am I supposed to enjoy that?’ Assemblages of porn spectatorship
Authors: Asman Ihsan Can
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication year: 2023
Journal: Porn Studies
First page : 1
Last page: 14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23268743.2023.2197912
Web address : https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23268743.2023.2197912
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/179827218
This article investigates the affective dynamics of porn spectatorship and assemblage formation connected to it through the experiences of the 18 study participants. By bringing conceptualizations of the ‘social’ and non-human agency from actor–network theory to porn studies, the article conceptualizes what porn consumption assembles and how certain sexual norms are materialized by being (affectively) experienced and lived, a process which eventually involves spectators’ different fantasies, interests, and preferences. The article asks what different entities, be they non-human or human, may ‘authorize, allow, afford, encourage, permit, suggest, influence, block, render possible, forbid’ in their material-semiotic heterogeneity and multiplicity within porn spectatorship.
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