Clarissa Smith is Senior Lecturer in Media & Cultural Studies at the University of Sunderland.
Clarissa Smith has achieved something special with her new proffering from her masculinities repertoire. Smith's text is groundbreaking, multidisciplinary and--equally importantly--extremely readable. It is the last point perhaps that really sets this work apart, as One for the Girls has a great deal to offer both the specialist academic and the general<br><br><br><br>reader. Clarissa Smith's accessible style allows readers with little prior knowledge of critical theory, cultural studies or the 1980s pornography debate, to not only understand these discourses, but to develop a strong<br><br><br><br>grasp of their impact in this context. <br><br>--Michelle Parsons Transition Tradition