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Playing on the edge : sadomasochism, risk, and intimacy / Staci Newmahr

Bloomington, Ind : Indiana University Press, 2011

Online Ressource (xi, 228 p.)

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-220) and index. - Description based on print version record

Erscheint auch als: Newmahr, Staci : Playing on the edge. - Bloomington, Ind : Indiana University Press, ©2011 (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-0-253-00512-0 (electronic bk.); 0-253-00512-4 (electronic bk.)

1-282-24193-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-282-24193-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 9786613813053 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 6613813052 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-253-35597-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-253-35597-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-253-22285-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-253-22285-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-253-35597-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 713805725 (aus SWB)     

Online-Ausg.

[S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

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306.775 ; 306.77/5     Ähnliche Literatur

bisacsh: PSY016000 ; bisacsh: SEL034000 ; bisacsh: SOC026000 ; bisacsh: SOC002010 ; bisacsh: PSY 016000 ; bisacsh: SOC019000 ; bisacsh: SEL 034000

LOC-SH: Sadomasochists -- Case studies ; Sadomasochism ; Sexual dominance and submission ; Sadomasochists -- Case studies ; Electronic book

Electronic books / Case studies ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Human Sexuality ; SELF-HELP ; Sexual Instruction ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; Sadomasochism ; Sadomasochists ; Sexual dominance and submission ; Sado-masochism ; Case studies ; Electronic books ; Case studies

Defiance: bodies, minds, and marginality -- Geeks and freaks: marginal identity and community -- Tipping the scales: striving for imbalance -- Fringe benefits: the rewards of SM play -- Badasses, servants, and martyrs: gender performances -- Reconcilable differences: pain, eroticism, and violence -- Collaborating the edge: feminism and edgework -- "What it is that we do": intimate edgework -- Concluding notes: erotic subjectivity and the construction of the field.

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Representations of consensual sadomasochism range from the dark, seedy undergrounds of crime thrillers to the fetishized pornographic images of sitcoms and erotica. In this pathbreaking book, ethnographer Staci Newmahr delves into the social space of a public, pansexual SM community to understand sadomasochism from the inside out. Based on four years of in-depth and immersive participant observation, she juxtaposes her experiences in the field with the life stories of community members, providing a richly