The power of BDSM : play, communities, and consent in the 21st century / edited by Brandy L. Simula, Robin Bauer, Liam Wignall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simula, Brandy L., editor.

Bauer, Robin, 1973- editor.

Wignall, Liam, editor.

Series:

Sexuality, identity, and society series.

Oxford scholarship online.

Sexuality, identity, and society series

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bondage (Sexual behavior).

Sadomasochism.

Sexual dominance and submission.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

'The Power of BDSM' is an evidence-based, provocative inquiry into the ethics, culture, and intersectional identities that is revealed through the BDSM practices across geographic locations for academics, scholars, and students interested in sexualities, identities, communities, inequalities, and related topics.

Contents:

Cover

Series

The Power of BDSM

Copyright

Contents

Series Foreword

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Introduction: Understanding BDSM

1. Research in BDSM: 40 Years Along

2. The Role of the Internet in Research on BDSM

3. The World of Rope Bondage: Belonging, Resistance, and the "Infinite Possibilities" of Community

4. Play, Performativity, and the Production of a Pup Identity in the United States

5. Perverting Innocence in Age Play? Using Little Space to Explore Vulnerability, Innocence, and Discipline in Adultist Society

6. Navigating Dissonant Desires: Kink (In)Compatibility in Romantic Relationships

7. Dispelling the Negative Perception of the BDSM Community in Johannesburg, South Africa

8. Kinky, Swinky, and PolyKink: Reflections on BDSM Influences on Other Sexual Communities

9. Examining Representations of BDSM in Undergraduate Human Sexuality Textbooks: Academic and Community Perspectives

10. A Record of Violence: The Continuing Criminalization of BDSM Activities

11. Dominance, Submission, and Intersectionality: The Liberatory Potential of Authority Exchange

12. The Politics of BDSM Play: Racial Dynamics and Critical Consent

13. Survivors of Sexual Victimization and the Negotiation of BDSM Play

14. From Pain to Healing: Kink and Communication in Sexual Assault Recovery

15. Emotions, Power, and BDSM: The Stance of the Ethnographer

Afterword

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 19, 2023).

ISBN:

0-19-765862-8

0-19-765861-X

0-19-765860-1

OCLC:

1375295638