BDSM Practices in Contemporary Poland Barbed Wire Floggings, Rope Orgasms, and the Problem with Desire

Based on extensive field research, this book analyzes the way that BDSM is practiced in contemporary Poland, and asks what social, cultural, and political conditions are necessary for BDSM to be possible to practice in the first place. Through a nuanced analysis of the way that practitioners navigate conflicting understandings and politics of kink, this book provides an alternative to Western-centric narratives of BDSM communities, and challenges a number of long-standing notions about the status kink which circulate in sexuality and queer studies

Info autore

Jay Szpilka
is cultural anthropologist and cultural studies scholar, currently holding a post-doctoral fellowship at the SWPS University in Poland.

Riassunto

Based on extensive field research, this book analyzes the way that BDSM is practiced in contemporary Poland, and asks what social, cultural, and political conditions are necessary for BDSM to be
possible to practice
in the first place. Through a nuanced analysis of the way that practitioners navigate conflicting understandings and politics of kink, this book provides an alternative to Western-centric narratives of BDSM communities, and challenges a number of long-standing notions about the status kink which circulate in sexuality and queer studies

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jay Szpilka
• Editore: Springer, Berlin
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 12.05.2025
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Studi di genere (gender studies)
• EAN: 9783031864131
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3186413-1
• Numero di pagine: 182
• Illustrazioni: VII, 182 p.
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 14.8 x 1.4 x 21 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 345 g
• Categorie: BDSM, Gender Studies, Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie, Feminismus und feministische Theorie, Violence, Queer Theory, Consent, kink, Feminism and feminist theory, Sociocultural Anthropology, Sexuality Studies