Between the Body and the Flesh: Performing Sadomasochism

By Lynda Hart

Book Overview

Focusing on a variety of representations, from the boundary-shattering work of queer performances to the daring conjunction of childhood sexual abuse and desire in the work of Dorothy Allison, Between the Body and the Flesh stimulates discussions of s/m through the exploration of censorship in the arts, the fetishization of sexual paraphernalia, recombinations of class, race and sexuality, and the politics of psychoanalysis.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231084021
• ISBN13: 9780231084024
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher