Takes up a series of literary and physical pleasures that do not appear to be pleasurable, ranging from Christian saintly asceticism to Sadean narrative to contemporary s/m practices.
Counterpleasures takes up a series of literary and physical pleasures that do not appear to be pleasurable, ranging from saintly asceticism to Sadean narrative to leathersex. Each is placed in its cultural context to unfold a history of transgressive pleasure and to argue for the value and power of such pleasures as resistant to more totalizing forms of power.
| ISBN: | 9780791441480 |
| Publication date: | 6th May 1999 |
| Author: | Karmen MacKendrick |
| Publisher: | SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 212 pages |
| Series: | The SUNY Series in Postmodern Culture |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural anthropology |
Takes up a series of literary and physical pleasures that do not appear to be pleasurable, ranging from Christian saintly asceticism to Sadean narrative to contemporary s/m practices.Counterpleasures takes up a series of literary and physical pleasures that do not appear to be pleasurable, ranging from saintly asceticism to Sadean narrative to leathersex. Each is placed in its cultural context to unfold a history of transgressive pleasure and to argue for the value and power of such pleasures as resistant to more totalizing forms of power.
Counterpleasures features in the following genres: Social and cultural anthropology
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Counterpleasures was written by Karmen MacKendrick and published by SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press
Counterpleasures has 212 pages
Yes it is part of The SUNY Series in Postmodern Culture series