Description
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.
Book Information
ISBN 9780791441473
Author Karmen MacKendrick
Format Hardback
Page Count 212
Imprint State University of New York Press
Publisher State University of New York Press
Weight(grams) 463g
