Leatherfolk

by Thompson, Mark

• ISBN13: 9781881943204
• ISBN10: 1881943208
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-01
• Publisher: Daedalus Pub Co

Summary

Since its publication a decade ago, this Lmabda,Literary Award-nominated book has become a,classic, must-read book on human sexuality and,identity. Widely cited a sbeing among the most,useful books of its kind, this co-gender anthology,is both historical witness to and provocative,treatise on this junique and often misunderstood,subculture. The diverse contributors look at the,history of the gay and lesbian underground, how,radical sex practise relates to their spirituality,and what S&M means to them personally.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Preface to the 10th Anniversary Edition	p. xi
Introduction	p. xv
This Leather Tribe
The Hanged Man	p. 1
S/M: Some Questions and a Few Answers	p. 15
The Molecular Anatomy of Leather	p. 37
Her Body, Mine, and His	p. 44
I Get Real: Celebrating My Sadomasochistic Soul	p. 49
A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: Notes on the Materialization of Sexual Fantasy	p. 56
S/M and the Psychology of Gay Male Initiation: An Archetypal Perspective	p. 65
Six Decades of Shadow Dancing
1940s...Dr. Kinsey Takes a Peek at S/M: A Reminiscence	p. 81
1950s...One Among Many: The Seduction and Training of a Leatherman	p. 91
1960s...Artist Chuck Arnett: His Life/Our Times	p. 106
1970s...The Catacombs: A Temple of the Butthole	p. 119
1980s...S/M's Copernican Revolution: From a Closed World to the Infinite Universe	p. 142
1990s...Black Leather Wings	p. 157
The Body Becomes Politic
A Second Coming Out	p. 169
Snapshots of Desire: Surviving as a Queer Among Queers	p. 179
I Am Your Frankenstein	p. 185
Swastika Toys	p. 193
What Happened?	p. 210
The Limits of the S/M Relationship, or Mr. Benson Doesn't Live Here Anymore	p. 221
The View From a Sling	p. 233
Spirit and the Flesh
A Meditation on Religion and Leatherspace	p. 247
Living in Leather: An Inner Journey	p. 252
The Spiritual Dimensions of Bondage	p. 257
Fantasy, Fetish, and the Goddess	p. 267
I Am the Leatherfaerie Shaman	p. 276
Erotic Ecstasy: An Interview with Purusha the Androgyne	p. 284
Sacred Passages and Radical Sex Magic	p. 294
Magical Masochist: A Conversation with Fakir Musafar	p. 303
About the Contributors	p. 320
Selected Readings	p. 327
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