Working it: the professionalization of amateurism in digital adult entertainment
@article{Nayar2017WorkingIT, title={Working it: the professionalization of amateurism in digital adult entertainment}, author={K. I. Nayar}, journal={Feminist Media Studies}, year={2017}, volume={17}, pages={473 - 488} }
Abstract This article examines a sector of professional amateur work for women in the digital industry for adult entertainment known as “adult webcam modeling” (AWM). Through a selection of narratives, this paper explores the gendered meanings of AWM and the values women derive from their “amateur” sexual content creation. I draw particular attention to the complex union of professional and amateur roles and relations in the strategies women adopt to succeed in these spaces. On one level, they… CONTINUE READING
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