Techniques of pleasure : BDSM and the circuits of sexuality / Margot Weiss.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weiss, Margot Danielle, 1973-
Language:English
Published: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, [2011], ©2011.
Subjects:
Sadomasochism > California > San Francisco Bay Area.
Bondage (Sexual behavior) > California > San Francisco Bay Area.
Sex > Social aspects.
Sex > Political aspects.
Physical Description:xv, 315 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Setting the scene : SM communities in the San Francisco Bay area
  • Becoming a practitioner : self-mastery, social control, and the biopolitics of SM
  • The toy bag : exchange economies and the body at play
  • Beyond vanilla : public politics and private selves
  • Sex play and social power : reading the effective circuit.