Dimensions
114 x 178 x 15mm
Erotic Fiction, Evolution and Female Sexuality.
"Slash" is a form of erotica written by and for women that creates romantic relationships between fictional - male - television and film characters, from Star Trek's Captain Kirk and Mr Spock to the X-Files' Mulder and Skinner. The term "slash" is derived from the punctuation mark that this community of women puts between two characters' names to designate the romantic pairing.
In this book, Catherine Salmon and Donald Symons look at the evolutionary forces that have shaped women's and men's very different sexual natures. They show how various erotic genres - from romance to pornography - illuminate male and female sexual desires and dispositions.
By creating their own romantic and sexual fantasies around male media characters, female slash fans have moved from passive enthusiasts to active creators. Their new fictions cut across gender, race and even species barriers, and expand and refine our notions of what women really want - lovers who have the qualities of successful warriors.
