Books written by Laura Harvey

  • Celebrity, Aspiration and Contemporary Youth: Education and Inequality in an Era of Austerity

    Iannucci, L. M. (2010), Will Smith: A biography, Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Publishing. Ingram, N. and Allen, K. (2016), “Talent-spotting” or “social magic”? Inequality, cultural sorting and constructions of the ideal graduate in ...

  • Mediated Intimacy: Sex Advice in Media Culture

    Lewis, L. & Brissett, D. (1967). Sex as work: A study of avocational counseling. Social Problems, 15(1), 8–18. Lewis, M. A., Logan, D. E. & Neigbors, C. (2009). Examining the role of gender in the relationship between use of ...

  • Mediated Intimacy: Sex Advice in Media Culture

    Jackson, S. & Scott, S. (1997). Gut reactions to matters of the heart: Reflections on rationality, irrationality and sexuality. The Sociological Review, 45(4), 551–75. Jackson, S., & Vares, T. (2011). Media 'sluts': 'Tween' girls' ...

  • Mediated Intimacy: Sex Advice in Media Culture

    The book reveals the intimate operation of power in mediated advice, how words and images, stories and sound can work to shore up social injustice.

  • Sweet Temptation: The Affair

    Will they be caught in their secret rendezvous? How will they handle the consequences if they are? Join Sasha and Kevin on their journey of love, lust, and risk-taking in this tantalizing tale of Sweet Temptation.