Sensational flesh : race, power, and masochism /

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In everyday language, masochism is usually understood as the desire to abdicate control in exchange for sensation-pleasure, pain, or a combination thereof. Yet at its core, masochism is a site where power, bodies, and society come together. Sensational Flesh uses masochism as a lens to examine how p...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Musser, Amber Jamilla (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2014]
Series:Sexual cultures.
Subjects:
Sadomasochism.
Sexual dominance and submission.
Queer theory.
Race.
Racial Groups.
Sadomasochisme.
Domination et soumission (Sexualité)
Théorie queer.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : theory, flesh, practice
  • Specters of domination : patriarchy, colonialism, and masochism
  • Objectification, complicity, and coldness : the story of O's narratives of femininity and precarity
  • Time, race, and biology : Fanon, Freud, and the labors of race
  • Lacerated breasts : medicine, autonomy, pain.

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