Part-Time Perverts: Sex, Pop Culture, and Kink Management Contributor(s): Rosewarne, Lauren (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313391572 ISBN-13: 9780313391576 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $54.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory |
Dewey: 306.77 |
LCCN: 2010053158 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.4" (1.30 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: An interdisciplinary exploration of sexual perversion in everyday life, Part-Time Perverts: Sex, Pop Culture, and Kink Management starts from the premise that, for better or worse, everyone is exposed to a continual barrage of representations of sexual perversion, both subliminal and overt. Our involvement, Dr. Lauren Rosewarne contends, is universal, but our management strategies cover a spectrum of behavioral possibilities from total repression to total immersion. It is those strategies that she examines here. Drawing on her own experience, as well as on pop culture and a multidisciplinary mix of theory, Rosewarne shifts the discussion of perversion away from the traditional psychological and psychiatric focus and instead explores it through a feminist lens as a social issue that affects everyone. Her book examines representations of perversion--from suppression to dabbling to full-body immersion--and proposes a classification for perversion management, and charts the diverse strategies we use to manage, and perhaps enjoy, exposure. |