Citizen Sex

出版者:Not Avail

作者:Barry Klar

页数:0

出版时间:2003-07

价格:USD 17.95

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9781553957324

具体描述

The Internet is effectively a worldwide hookup of computers. Sex is a popular topic on the Internet. Commercialized sex is, of course, nothing new. The innovation which is the subject of Citizen Sex emerged in 1994. Sex sites arose which featured an individual girl, and treated her as a whole person, not just as a pretty face and voluptuous body. She had a personal life, preferences, and a history, and she shared these with her viewers. She was presented as a normal woman, in effect the "girl next door," who happened to enjoy exposing herself and perhaps also performing sexual acts for others to see. She did not appear to be a sex professional at all. That is, she was not a stripper, dancer, or escort. This unique new type of sex performer was termed an Amateur. The site was a personal adult sex site.

Citizen Sex is an exposition of the personal amateur sex site scene, and a study of the Amateurs featured on it. Most Amateurs pretend to lead "normal,""respectable"lives. To much of the general public, even to the sex-positive and sexually active segments of it, those who expose themselves on the Internet, Amateurs included, belong in the same category as hookers, exotic dancers, and professional porn actresses. That is, they are thought to merit less than the normal amount of respect, and are altogether aberrant. The present book, on the other hand, takes the position that Internet Amateurs, while perhaps not role models to be emulated by all, are decent people who are as worthy of respect and consideration as any one else. While they certainly differ from the official societal norm, the import of their aberration is in the eye of the beholder. The book is intended for the general reader interested in the passing social scene, as well as for those who are already Internet adult site fans. Citizen Sex has three Parts. Part One describes the Internet Amateur scene.

The women of the personal amateur Internet are the subject of Part Two. A number of amateur women are profiled in depth in individual case studies. An analytical summary concludes Part Two. It discusses, and attempts to answer, the questions, "What leads an apparently mainstream woman to become an adult star on the Internet?"and "To what extent is an Internet Amateur a 'Girl Next Door'?"

Part Three takes up issues, be they legal, moral, sexual, or social, pertinent to the interplay of personal amateur sites with society in general. Among the issues discussed are legal problems, health, swinging, bisexuality, and masturbation.

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这本书最让我印象深刻的是它处理“禁忌”话题时所展现出的克制与坦诚。它没有回避任何敏感的边缘地带，但处理方式却充满了高雅的审慎，避免了落入俗套或煽情的陷阱。作者的笔触是冷静且疏离的，像是在记录一份重要的历史档案，而非沉溺于个人情感的宣泄。书中对于“记忆”和“遗忘”的探讨占据了很大篇幅，角色们试图摆脱过去的纠缠，但过去却像影子一样如影随形。阅读过程中，我反复停下来，去琢磨那些看似随意却字字珠玑的句子，它们往往在下一段的叙事中发挥了意想不到的导向作用。如果说有什么缺点，或许是某些段落的哲学思辨略显冗长，但瑕不掩瑜，这种深度的挖掘恰恰是这部作品的魅力所在。它是一本需要被细细咀嚼，而不是被快速消费的作品。

初读此书，我以为这会是一部典型的都市伦理剧，但很快发现，作者的野心远不止于此。他似乎在用一个极具个人色彩的故事，探讨关于现代社会中个体身份的构建与瓦解。书中对于专业领域的细节描绘，无论是金融操作还是艺术鉴赏，都显示出作者做了详尽的研究，使得故事的背景异常坚实可信，为角色那些非同寻常的行为提供了合理的逻辑支撑。节奏上，它时而如同慢镜头般捕捉每一个微妙的表情和手势，时而又加快到令人目眩神迷的商业间谍片的程度。我特别欣赏作者处理冲突的方式，它很少是外显的争吵，更多的是一种不动声色的博弈，信息的不对称造成了极大的戏剧张力。读完后，我感觉自己仿佛经历了一场漫长而精疲力竭的内心马拉松，对“真实”这个概念产生了新的困惑。