ThisvolumeexaminescrucialquestionsabouthumansexualitythroughthelensofBDSM:Whatissexuality?Whatmakesanexperiencesexualornot?Whatroledocommunitiesplayinshapingsexualidentities?HowareBDSMcommunitiessimilartoanddifferentfromotherkindsofsexualityandidentity-basedcommunities?ThisbookpresentsathoughtfulstudyofBDSMexperiencesindiversecommunitiesacrossgeographicboundariestoexaminecrucialquestionsabouthumansexuality.Featuringcutting-edge,multidisciplinaryresearch,methodologies,andtheoreticapproaches,thechaptersalsoaddressquestionsofbroaderinterestaroundhowidentitiesarecreatedandregulated,theethicsofresearchonstigmatizedpopulations,howpopularculturerepresentationsshapelivedexperiences,andthecomplexrelationshipsamongstructuralandpersonalpower.Throughout,thevolumeforegroundsquestionsofmeaning,takingasanempiricalquestionratherthananaprioriassumptiontherangeofmeaningsthatBDSMexperienceshaveforparticipants.ThePowerofBDSMisanevidence-based,provocativeinquiryintotheethics,culture,andintersectionalidentitiesthatisrevealedthroughtheBDSMpracticesacrossgeographiclocationsforacademics,scholars,andstudentsinterestedinsexualities,identities,communities,inequalities,andrelatedtopics.
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