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The Social Construction of Sexuality and Perversion

Deconstructing Sadomasochism

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. Andrea Beckmann

    1. University of Lincoln, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Andrea Beckmann
    Pages 1-10

  3. Deconstructing ‘Normalizing’ Concepts

    • Andrea Beckmann
    Pages 11-62

  4. The ‘Field’: ‘Lived Experiences’ of Consensual ‘SM’ and ‘Subjugated Knowledges’

    • Andrea Beckmann
    Pages 63-124

  5. ‘Sadomasochism’ — a Social Construction and Its Use

    • Andrea Beckmann
    Pages 125-152

  6. Challenging Claims of a Non-violent Modernity

    • Andrea Beckmann
    Pages 153-174

  7. Consensual ‘SM’ as a Spiritual Practice and the Experience of ‘Transcendence’

    • Andrea Beckmann
    Pages 175-227

  8. Alternative Readings of Consensual ‘SM’

    • Andrea Beckmann
    Pages 228-242

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 243-262
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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'.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Lincoln, UK

    Andrea Beckmann

About the author

ANDREA BECKMANN is Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Lincoln, UK. Her research interests include sociology of the body, 'sexualities' and critical criminology.

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