The social construction of sexuality and perversion
Subtitle: deconstructing sadomasochism
By: Andrea Beckmann.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230522107
Subjects: Sadomasochism; Power (Social sciences); Interpersonal relations
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.