Between the Body and the Flesh: Performing Sadomasochism

by Lynda Hart

Overview

Focusing on a variety of representations, from the boundary-shattering work of queer performances to the daring conjunction of childhood sexual abuse and desire in the work of Dorothy Allison, Between the Body and the Flesh stimulates discussions of s/m through the exploration of censorship in the arts, the fetishization of sexual paraphernalia, recombinations of class, race and sexuality, and the politics of psychoanalysis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231084031
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	01/12/1998
Series:	Between Men-Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	0.65(w) x 6.00(h) x 9.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Lynda Hart is associate professor of English and Theater Arts at the University of Pennsylvania.

Editorial Reviews

I read Between the Body and the Flesh with something like the sense of recognition of having a wish answered. It is a truly important achievement.

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick