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9780230522107

The Social Construction of Sexuality and Perversion Deconstructing Sadomasochism

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    9780230522107

  • ISBN10:

    0230522106

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-11-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

This book deconstructs thesocialconstruction 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 Sadomasochismthus 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'.

Author Biography

Andrea Beckmann is at the University of Lincoln.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsp. viii
Introductionp. 1
Deconstructing 'Normalizing' Conceptsp. 11
The 'Field': 'Lived Experiences' of Consensual 'SM' and 'Subjugated Knowledges'p. 63
'Sadomasochism'-a Social Construction and Its Usep. 125
Challenging Claims of a Non-violent Modernityp. 153
Consensual 'SM' as a Spiritual Practice and the Experience of 'Transcendence'p. 175
Alternative Readings of Consensual 'SM'p. 228
Bibliographyp. 243
Indexp. 257
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