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Gender, Sexualities, Sex Work, Embodiment, Ageing, Ethnography, Visual Methods
United Kingdom

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Employment (1)

Aston University School of Languages and Social Sciences: Birmingham, Birmingham, GB

2013-09 to present | Senior Lecturer in Sociology (Sociology & Policy)
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Katy Pilcher

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Warwick Faculty of Social Sciences: Coventry, West Midlands, GB

2008 to 2012 | PhD Sociology, ESRC funded (Sociology)
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Katy Pilcher

University of Warwick Faculty of Social Sciences: Coventry, West Midlands, GB

2007 to 2008 | MA Social Research, Distinction, ESRC funded (Sociology)
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Katy Pilcher

University of Warwick Faculty of Social Sciences: Coventry, West Midlands, GB

2004 to 2007 | BA Sociology, 1st Class Hons (Sociology)
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Katy Pilcher

Works (19)

Visual and material representations of ageing, space and rhythms in everyday life

Journal of Aging Studies
2024-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0890-4065
Contributors: Wendy Martin; Katy Pilcher
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Orgasm as women’s work? Rethinking pleasure, ‘sex’ and the power dynamics of orgasm through the embodied experiences of orgasmic meditation practitioners

Sexualities
2023-10-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Katy Pilcher
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Embodying Religion, Gender and Sexuality

2021 | Book
Contributors: Sarah Jane Page; Katy Pilcher
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Living an "Orgasmic" life: The Spiritual and Religious Journeys of Practitioners of Orgasmic Meditation

Embodying Religion, Gender and Sexuality
2021 | Book chapter
Contributors: Katy Pilcher
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Katy Pilcher

The Full Monty? Meaning construction and performative possibilities in media depictions of the male strip show

Sexualities
2021-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Katy Pilcher
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Forever ‘Becoming’? Negotiating Gendered and Ageing Embodiment in Everyday Life

Sociological Research Online
2020-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Katy Pilcher; Wendy Martin
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Pregnancy prevention and contraceptive preferences of online sex workers in the UK

The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care
2019-11-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Pam Lowe; Katy Pilcher; Helen Pattison; Victoria Whittaker; Claire Robertson; Jonathan D. C. Ross
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Politicising the ‘personal’: the resistant potential of creative pedagogies in teaching and learning ‘sensitive’ issues

Teaching in Higher Education
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85019760231

Contributors: Pilcher, K.
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Katy Pilcher via Scopus - Elsevier

Visual representations of digital connectivity in everyday life

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
2017 | Book
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2-s2.0-85025119715

Contributors: Martin, W.; Pilcher, K.
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Katy Pilcher via Scopus - Elsevier

Erotic performance and spectatorship: New frontiers in erotic dance

Erotic Performance and Spectatorship: New Frontiers in Erotic Dance
2016 | Book
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2-s2.0-85026584184

Contributors: Pilcher, K.
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Issues of collaboration, representation, meaning and emotions: utilising participant-led visual diaries to capture the everyday lives of people in mid to later life

International Journal of Social Research Methodology
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84945218395

Contributors: Pilcher, K.; Martin, W.; Williams, V.
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Katy Pilcher via Scopus - Elsevier

Being, thinking and doing 'queer' in debates about commercial sex

Queer Sex Work
2015 | Book
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2-s2.0-84941282213

Contributors: Smith, N.; Laing, M.; Pilcher, K.
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Katy Pilcher via Scopus - Elsevier

Queer sex work

Queer Sex Work
2015 | Book
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2-s2.0-84941269706

Contributors: Laing, M.; Pilcher, K.; Smith, N.
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Katy Pilcher via Scopus - Elsevier

Subverting heteronormativity in a lesbian erotic dance venue?: Queer moments and heteronormative tensions

Queer Sex Work
2015 | Book
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2-s2.0-84941280991

Contributors: Pilcher, K.
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Katy Pilcher via Scopus - Elsevier

Introduction: New Writings in Feminist and Women's Studies

Journal of International Women's Studies
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84891812983

Contributors: Pilcher, K.; Salmi, K.
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Katy Pilcher via Scopus - Elsevier

Dancing for women: Subverting heteronormativity in a lesbian erotic dance space?

Sexualities
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84866718300

Contributors: Pilcher, K.
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Katy Pilcher via Scopus - Elsevier

Performing in a night-time leisure venue: A visual analysis of erotic dance

Sociological Research Online
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84863868736

Contributors: Pilcher, K.
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Katy Pilcher via Scopus - Elsevier

A 'sexy space' for women? Heterosexual women's experiences of a male strip show venue

Leisure Studies
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-79952931896

Contributors: Pilcher, K.E.M.
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Empowering, degrading or a 'mutually exploitative' exchange For women?: Characterising the power relations of the strip club

Journal of International Women's Studies
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77952856212

Contributors: Pilcher, K.
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Katy Pilcher via Scopus - Elsevier