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The social construction of sexuality and perversion : deconstructing sadomasochism
Author
Title
The social construction of sexuality and perversion : deconstructing sadomasochism / Andrea Beckmann.
ISBN
9780230244924
0230244920
1282671901
9781282671904
9780230522107
0230522106
9781349356775
1349356778
Published
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Physical Description
1 online resource. (viii, 262 pages)
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Summary
"This book deconstructs the social construction of 'Sadomasochism' via insights into the lived realities of consensual 'SM' practitioners. Through this fascinating ethnographic approach, Andrea Beckmann defamiliarizes 'sexuality' and 'sadomasochism' and exposes their true functional relationship to power. The Social Construction of Sadomasochism thus provides a broadly relevant argument that makes a considerable contribution to contemporary debates about the 'body', 'sexualities', the 'care of self' and the 'postmodernization of intimacy'"--Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Palgrave social science collection 2010.
Other formats
Print version: Beckmann, Andrea, 1965- Social construction of sexuality and perversion. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 19, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
Deconstructing 'normalizing concepts'
The 'field': 'lived experiences' of consensual 'SM' and 'subjugated knowledges'
'Sadomasochism': a social construction and its use
Challenging claims of a non-violent modernity
Consensual 'SM' as a spiritual practice and the experience of 'transcendence'
Alternative readings of consensual 'SM.'
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Genre/Form
Electronic books.
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