The social construction of sexuality and perversion
Subtitle: deconstructing sadomasochism
By: Andrea Beckmann
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780230522107
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.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Deconstructing 'normalizing concepts'; title: The 'field': 'lived experiences' of consensual 'SM' and 'subjugated knowledges'; title: 'Sadomasochism': a social construction and its use; title: Challenging claims of a non-violent modernity; title: Consensual 'SM' as a spiritual practice and the experience of 'transcendence'; title: Alternative readings of consensual 'SM.'