Social Construction of Sexuality and Perversion - Deconstructing Sadomasochism

Informationen zum Autor ANDREA BECKMANN is Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Lincoln, UK. Her research interests include sociology of the body, 'sexualities' and critical criminology. Klappentext This book deconstructs the pathologizing category of 'sadomasochism' in order to account for the 'lived realities' of consensual 'SM' play, emphasizing the connection between the corporeal and the political in contemporary consumer cultures. It discusses the homogenization of desire and ownership and use of 'body' and 'sexual ethics'. Zusammenfassung This book deconstructs the pathologizing category of 'sadomasochism' in order to account for the 'lived realities' of consensual 'SM' play, emphasizing the connection between the corporeal and the political in contemporary consumer cultures. It discusses the homogenization of desire and ownership and use of 'body' and 'sexual ethics'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Deconstructing 'Normalizing' Concepts The 'Field': 'Lived Experiences' of Consensual 'SM' and 'Subjugated Knowledges' 'Sadomasochism' - A Social Construction and its Use Challenging Claims of a Non-violent Modernity Consensual 'SM' as a Spiritual Practice and the Experience of 'Transcendence' Alternative Readings of Consensual 'SM' Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: A Beckmann, A. Beckmann, Andrea Beckmann, Dr. Andrea Beckmann
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.09.2009
• EAN: 9780230522107
• ISBN: 978-0-230-52210-7
• No. of pages: 270
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; B, Sociology, Anthropology, Criminology, personality, Abnormal psychology, Social Psychology, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Differential Psychology, Criminal or forensic psychology, Psychopathology, forensic psychology, Psychology of Gender and Sexuality, Psychology of gender, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Sociology of the Body, Human body—Social aspects, Psychology, Pathological, Sexual psychology, Sexual Behavior, Psychology: sexual behaviour