Between the body and the flesh
Subtitle: performing sadomasochism
By: Lynda Hart.
Series: Between men--between women
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Sadomasochism.; Lesbians -- Sexual behavior.; Lesbianism.
Description: "In this first book-length study of lesbian s/m, Lynda Hart creates a vivid and compelling counterdiscourse to the erotophobic voices in contemporary cultural debates. Focusing on a variety of representations, from the boundary-shattering work of queer performances to the daring conjunction of childhood sexual abuse and perverse desire in the work of Dorothy Allison, Between the Body and the Flesh situates s/m as a lightning rod that stimulates discussions of censorship in the arts, the fetishization of sexual paraphernalia, recombinations of class, race, and sexuality, and the politics of psychoanalysis."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-259) and index.