Female Masochism In Film Sexuality Ethics And Aesthetics
Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9781472413161
Description: "Theoretically and representationally, responses to heterosexual female masochism have ranged from neglect in theories that focus predominantly or only upon masochistic sexuality within male subjects, to condemnation from feminists who regard it as an inverted expression of patriarchal control rather than a legitimate form of female desire. It has commonly been understood as a passive form of sexuality, thus ignoring the potential for activity and agency that the masochistic position may involve, which underpins the crucial argument that female masochism can be conceived as enquiring ethical activity"--Page [4] of cover.