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The Damned and the Beautifulby Paula S. Fass
Oxford University Press 1979; US$ 29.95Explores the changes that occurred as young people of the 1920s broke with nineteenth-century traditions, and assesses the impact of those changes on American life, then and now. more...
Endless Knotby Matthew Styranka
Insomniac Press 2002; US$ 15.99Bay Street clerk by day, fetish slave by night, Endless Knot is the autobiographical story of one man's spiritual journey through Toronto's underworld of hard-core sado-masochism. Growing up in Saskatchewan, Mathew Styranka spent much of his youth trying to integrate his submissive sexual passions and his spiritual yearnings. After moving to Toronto to pursue Zen meditation, he found release instead in the world of fetish and sado-masochism. His struggle to find spiritual and physical satisfaction rested in finding the Mistress of his dreams, a woman he thought would complete him through her domination. But when fantasy became reality, Styranka discovered that his true self lay somewhere between the desires of the flesh and the reflections... more...
Cultures of Fetishismby Louise J. Kaplan
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 50.00Explores the fetishism strategy, a psychological defense that aims to tame, subdue, and if necessary, murder human vitalities. Through an exploration of cultural phenomena, this work demonstrates how an understanding of the fetishism strategy can help to preserve the human dialogue that is the basis of all human relationships. more...
Were You Raised by Wolves?by Christie Mellor
HarperCollins 2008; US$ 9.99Perhaps, in your parents' eagerness to smooth life's bumpy road, they took such good care of you that you never learned how to be a self-sufficient human being. And now here you are, all grown up. What next? You may think you don't really need to know how to make a proper cup of coffee. You've never given much thought to your listening skills, or how one goes about saving money, or stocking a bar. But knowing these things will really make you a much more well-rounded and all-around more charming and useful person, one who is more apt to be invited over for dinner. In fact, a lot of us might benefit from having a few gentle hints about housekeeping, habits, and behavior lobbed in our general direction. With advice and information ranging... more...
Sex, Violence and the Bodyby V. Burr; J. Hearn
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2008; US$ 95.00This unique book examines the relationship between wounding and sexuality, bringing together issues around sexuality, gender, power, violence and representations. Drawing on a range of disciplines including cultural and media studies, sociology and psychology, it explores social practices such as S&M, cosmetic surgery and extreme sports. more...
The Language of Sadomasochismby Thomas Murray; Thomas Murrell
ABC-CLIO 1989; US$ 98.95The Language of Sadomasochism contains vocabulary and defines activities that many will find offensive. It has been published to aid linguists, folklorists, sociologists, psychologists, and other adult researchers develop a better understanding of this subculture.||The Language of Sadomasochism represents the first systematic, comprehensive account ever attempted of the specialized terminology used by sadomasochists. The work is divided into three distinct sections. Part one provides a thorough introduction to the subculture of sadomasochism, its history in the Western world, and its place in American culture, in literature, and in the work of non-linguist social scientists. Part two is a comprehensive glossary of more than 800 terms currently... more...
The Social Construction of Sexuality and Perversionby Andrea Beckmann
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2009; US$ 85.00This 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'. more...
Voluptuous Panicby Mel Gordon
Feral House 2006; US$ 34.95Voluptuous Panics expanded edition includes the new illustrated chapter, Sex Magic and the Occult, documenting German pagan cults and their bizarre erotic rituals, including instructions for entering into the Sexual Fourth Dimension. The deluxe hardcover edition also includes sensational accounts of hypno-erotic cabaret acts, Berlin Fetish prostitution (The Boot Girl Visit), gay life (A Wild-Boy Initiation!), descriptions and illustrations of Aleister Crowleys Berlin OTO Secret Society, and sex crime (the Curious Career and Untimely Death of Fritz Ulbrich). more...
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