Sex, Love and Abuse

Sharon Hayes is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Justice at Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Her critical analyses of gender and crime are published in journals such as Sexualities and Critical Criminology, and in previous monographs including Sex, Crime and Morality (2012) and The Politics of Sex Trafficking (Palgrave, 2013).

• Foreword; Kerry Carrington 1. Introduction 2. Enchantment and Romance 3. From Disney to Distortion 4. From Distortion to Abuse 5. Sexual Spaces 6. Sexism and Misogyny 7. Sexual Predation and Gendered Norms 8. Conclusion - A Geography of Abuse

“This is an unconventional monograph offering afresh look at the relationship between culture, love and abuse. … I enjoyedHayes’ engagement with popular culture, and generally enjoyed her reflective,imaginative approach to enquiry. … This book is a provocation to thinkeclectically about the connections between sex, love, crime and culture, anddeserves to be read.” (Jennifer Fleetwood, The British Journal of Criminology,Vol. 56 (1), January, 2016)“The book is a sensitive and insightful critique ofdiscourses of love, and ‘seeks to destabilize essentialist understandings’ of love,harm and intimacy … . The book is engaging, stimulating, and difficult to putdown, and would appeal to academics and non-academics alike due to itsversatility and applicability to everyday representations of love and romance …. I would highly recommendit … .” (Jennifer Sloan, Crime Media Culture, Vol.11 (3), 2015)