The Sex Scene

Space, Place, Industry

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Edited by Darren Kerr and Donna Peberdy

Type

Studies

Subject

Sociology

Keywords

sexuality, sex, sociology

Publishing date

2026 (June 30, 2026)

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Collection

Screening Sex

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 328 pages
6 x 9 ¼ inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-3995-2001-0

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Book Presentation:
The Sex Scene Volume 1: Space, Place and History complements The Sex Scene Volume 2: Representation, Performance Industry. The volumes are also intended to work as standalone collections, offering a comprehensive yet accessible starting point for students, scholars and researchers exploring representations of sex on screen and its significance in sexual cultures.

Collectively, the essays consider histories and controversies (screen, legal, censorial, critical), industrial contexts and labour (writing, directing, performing, editing), the mise-en-scène of the sex scene (content, aesthetics, representation) and temporality and approach (in genres, form and style).

About the authors:
Darren Kerr is Associate Professor of Sexual Cultures and Head of the Bath School of Art, Film and Media at Bath Spa University, UK. His research interests focus on the politics and representation of sexual cultures on screen. His publications largely focus on pornography, perversion and sexual violence, and include Hard to Swallow: Hard-core Pornography on Screen (2012), Tainted Love: Screening Sexual Perversion (2017) and two-volume collection The Sex Scene (2026). He is series editor of Edinburgh University Press’s Screening Sex book series, a member of Routledge’s Porn Studies editorial board and co-director of the Screening Sexnetwork.Donna Peberdy is Professor of Gender, Sexuality, Screen and Culture at Southampton Solent University, UK. Her publications include Masculinity and Film Performance: Male Angst in Contemporary American Cinema (2011), Tainted Love: Screening Sexual Perversion (2017) and two-volume collection The Sex Scene (2026). She is a series editor of Edinburgh University Press’s Screening Sex book series and co-director of the Screening Sex network.

Press Reviews:
At a moment when sex scenes are reportedly disappearing from mainstream cinema, editors Darren Kerr and Donna Peberdy bring together a diverse and engaging collection of essays that interrogate what this absence means. Spanning contemporary screen media, this volume offers fresh, timely insights into how sexual content is shaped, regulated and reimagined. ― Clarissa Smith, Professor of Media, Northumbria University

See the publisher website: Edinburgh University Press