| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 228 pages) |
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Defiance: bodies, minds, and marginality -- Geeks and freaks: marginal identity and community -- Tipping the scales: striving for imbalance -- Fringe benefits: the rewards of SM play -- Badasses, servants, and martyrs: gender performances -- Reconcilable differences: pain, eroticism, and violence -- Collaborating the edge: feminism and edgework -- "What it is that we do": intimate edgework -- Concluding notes: erotic subjectivity and the construction of the field |
| Summary |
Representations of consensual sadomasochism range from the dark, seedy undergrounds of crime thrillers to the fetishized pornographic images of sitcoms and erotica. In this pathbreaking book, ethnographer Staci Newmahr delves into the social space of a public, pansexual SM community to understand sadomasochism from the inside out. Based on four years of in-depth and immersive participant observation, she juxtaposes her experiences in the field with the life stories of community members, providing a richly |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-220) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Sadomasochism.
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Sexual dominance and submission.
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Sadomasochists -- Case studies
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Human Sexuality.
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SELF-HELP -- Sexual Instruction.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Sadomasochism
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Sadomasochists
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Sexual dominance and submission
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Sado-masochism.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780253005120 |
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0253005124 |
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1282241931 |
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9781282241930 |
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9786613813053 |
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6613813052 |
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