02789nam 2200625Ia 450 991079184520332120230725021050.01-282-24193-197866138130530-253-00512-4(CKB)2560000000061992(EBL)670270(OCoLC)707918263(SSID)ssj0000472131(PQKBManifestationID)11318764(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472131(PQKBWorkID)10429325(PQKB)10969154(MiAaPQ)EBC670270(MdBmJHUP)muse17074(Au-PeEL)EBL670270(CaPaEBR)ebr10448614(CaONFJC)MIL381305(EXLCZ)99256000000006199220100820d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPlaying on the edge[electronic resource] sadomasochism, risk, and intimacy /Staci NewmahrBloomington Indiana University Pressc20111 online resource (244 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-22285-0 0-253-35597-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 detailed portrait of SM as a social space in which experiences of ""violence"" interseSadomasochismSexual dominance and submissionSadomasochistsCase studiesSadomasochism.Sexual dominance and submission.Sadomasochists306.77/5306.775Newmahr Staci1476496MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791845203321Playing on the edge3691187UNINA