S-M : The Last Taboo

by GREENE GERALD

• ISBN13: 9781562013554
• ISBN10: 1562013556
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-18
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

S-M illuminates the controversy over the practice of sadomasochism and its place in contemporary culture. The book addresses the role of women in S/M; American society and masochism; the true nature of the Marquis de Sade; spanking in various countries; undinism, more popularly known as "water sports"; and general S/M scenarios. An S/M bibliography ranging from the steamy works of Baudelaire to Pauline Reage's Story of O, is also included in this exploration of sexual fantasy across the ages.

Table of Contents

What is Sadism?	1	(4)
The Growth of Study	5	(12)
Havelock Ellis	17	(12)
The Spanking Setting	29	(16)
America and Masochism	45	(18)
Who Was de Sade?	63	(32)
The Role of Fantasy	95	(18)
The Role Woman	113	(14)
What is S-M?	127	(6)
S-M in Daily Life	133	(6)
The Problem of Encounter	139	(18)
S-M in Marriage	157	(14)
The Structure of the S-M Experience	171	(4)
The Scenario	175	(14)
``Water Sports''---Undinism and Enemas	189	(16)
B & D	205	(6)
S-M Materials	211	(4)
A ``Tidy'' Pain	215	(6)
Appendix: From the Fields of Infamy	221	(112)
Charles Baudelaire, The Damned Women	223	(1)
Charles Baudelaire, To Her Who Is Too Gay	224	(3)
From George Colman, Squire Hardman	227	(10)
From Aubrey Beardsley, Under the Hill	237	(6)
From Edith Cadivec, Confessions and Experiences	243	(18)
From Edith Cadivec, Eros, The Meaning of My Life	261	(12)
From Pauline Reage, Story of O	273	(12)
From Anonymous, Hariet Marwood, Governess	285	(16)
From Oh! Calcutta!
``Who: Whom''	301	(4)
``St. Dominc's 1917''	305	(14)
From The Tutor, P.N. Dedeaux, ed.	319
From Francoise des Ligneris, Fort Frederick	227	(106)
From Blake Tremaine, New At It	333