Counterpleasures by Karmen Mackendrick

Counterpleasures by Karmen Mackendrick

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Summary

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.

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Counterpleasures by Karmen Mackendrick

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.
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ISBN 13 9780791441480
Title Counterpleasures
Author Karmen Mackendrick
Series Suny Series In Postmodern Culture
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher State University of New York Press
Year published 1999-05-06
Number of pages 212
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