Date: Wednesday 25 June 2025, 1700-1900
Venue: P350, Parkside Building, 5 Cardigan Street, Birmingham, B4 7BD
Interviews:
- John Mercer, Professor of Gender and Sexuality at Birmingham City University
- Clarissa Smith, Professor and Head of Research and Knowledge Exchange in Design, Arts & Creative Industries at Northumbria University
- Mark McGlashan, Lecturer in English Language & Linguistics at University of Liverpool
- Dr. Jamie Hakim, Lecturer in Culture, Media and Creative Industries at Kings College London
Sexualised Masculinity: Men’s Bodies in 21st Century Media Culture, the latest book by John Mercer, Professor of Gender and Sexuality at BCU and Professor Clarissa Smith from Northumbria University, explores how men’s bodies have become objectified in ways that were previously associated with representations of women.
From advertising and reality television, to Only Fans and influencer culture,
Sexualised Masculinity, discusses how 21
st-century masculinity is increasingly entangled in conflicting conversations around sex and sexuality, identity and self-presentation, capitalism and consumer culture.
This launch event will also feature a panel discussion with the authors, as well as Dr Jamie Hakim (King’s College London) and Dr Mark McGlashan (Liverpool University), which will be chaired by Feona Attwood, editor of
Sexualities and Journal of Gender.
To RSVP, please email
press@bcu.ac.uk by Tuesday 24 June 1700 or
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