The Social Construction of Sexuality and Perversion Deconstructing Sadomasochism

Title:

ISBN:

9780230244924

Personal Author:

Beckmann, A. author.

Edition:

1st ed. 2009.

Publication Information New:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Physical Description:

VIII, 262 p. online resource.

Abstract:

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'.

Subject Term:

Criminology.

Human body -- Social aspects.

Personality.

Difference (Psychology).

Psychology, Pathological.

Forensic psychology.

Sex (Psychology).

Sociology of the Body.

Personality and Differential Psychology.

Psychopathology.

Forensic Psychology.