| Description |
212 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: against sadomasochism / Robin Ruth Linden -- Letter from a former masochist / Marissa Jonel -- Pornography and the sexual revolution: the backlash of sadomasochism / Sally Roesch Wagner -- Sadomasochism and the social construction of desire / Karen Rian -- On the history of cultural sadism / Kathleen Barry -- Interview with Audre Lorde / Audre Lorde and Susan Leigh Star -- Feminism and sadomasochism: self-critical notes / Bat-Ami Bar On -- Sadomasochism and the liberal tradition / Hilde Hein -- Why I'm against S/M liberation / Ti-Grace Atkinson -- Sadomasochism: a personal experience / Elizabeth Harris -- A response to Samois / Jesse Meredith -- Racism and sadomasochism: a conversation with two black lesbians / Karen Sims and Rose Mason with Darlene Pagano -- An opinionated piece on sadomasochism / Maryel Norris -- The politics of sado-masochistic fantasies / Robin Morgan -- |
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Sadomasochism: eroticized violence, eroticized powerlessness / John Stoltenberg -- Swastikas: the street and the university / Susan Leigh Star -- Is sadomasochism feminist? A critique of the Samois position / Jeanette Nichols, Darlene Pagano and Margaret Rossoff -- The saga of Sadie O. Massey / Vivienne Walker-Crawford -- Sadism, masochism, and lesbian-feminism / Sarah Lucia Hoagland -- Smokers protest healthism / Paula Tiklicorect -- New expanded-type version lesbian hankerchief code / Melissa Bay Mathis -- Lesbian S & M: the politics of dis-illusion / Judy Butler -- Sadomasochism: a contra-feminist activity / Diana E.H. Russell -- Sadomasochism and the erosion of self: a critical reading of Story of O / Susan Griffin -- Hunger and thirst in the house of distorted mirrors / Cheri Lesh -- A letter of the times, or should this sado-masochism be saved? / Alice Walker |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Feminism.
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Lesbianism.
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Masochism.
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Sadism.
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Sadomasochism.
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| Author |
Linden, Robin Ruth, 1956-
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| LC no. |
81015284 |
| ISBN |
0960362835 (paperback) |
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