Playing on the edge [[electronic resource] ] : sadomasochism, risk, and intimacy / / Staci Newmahr

• Autore: Newmahr Staci
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.77/5; 306.775
• Soggetto topico: Sadomasochism; Sexual dominance and submission; Sadomasochists
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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"" interse
• Titolo autorizzato: Playing on the edge
• ISBN: 1-282-24193-1; 9786613813053; 0-253-00512-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459006103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II