Between the Body and the Flesh - Performing Sadomasochism

Klappentext he eminent historian Leopold Haimson examines the nature of political power in Russia during the years leading to the Bolshevik revolution. The book explores the issue of power as it was reflected in struggles of Russian workers to control their own lives and in the outlooks and strategies of leading political figures on the objectives of the revolution and the ways to achieve them. Zusammenfassung Focuses on the ways in which lesbian sadomascochistic sexual practices have been engaged by critics and theorists. The text notes how this much-reviled area of sexuality has emerged as a Rorschach test for diverse communities that are struggling to come to grips with their own sexual anxieties.

Product details

• Authors: Lynda Hart
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.01.1998
• EAN: 9780231084024
• ISBN: 978-0-231-08402-4
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Between Men-Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies; Between Men-Between Women: Les; Between Men-Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies; Between Men-Between Women: Les
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries