{"product_id":"sadomasochism-in-everyday-life-the-dynamics-of-power-and-powerlessness-paperback-softback-9780813518084","title":"Sadomasochism in Everyday Life; The Dynamics of Power and Powerlessness (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813518084","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSadomasochism in Everyday Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Dynamics of Power and Powerlessness\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLynn S. Chancer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813518084\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 June 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e252 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.367 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An important contribution to that most pressing of cultural projects -- uncovering the psychic roots of authoritarianism.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"A brilliant, highly original analysis of contemporary U.S. society. Chancer illuminates fundamental issues in American culture, in the workplace, in gender relationships, and the minefield of race.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Ruth Sidel, Hunter College, and author of On Her Own: Growing Up in the Shadow of the American Dream \u003cdiv\u003e\"A brilliant, highly original analysis of contemporary U.S. society. Chancer illuminates fundamental issues in American culture, in the workplace, in gender relationships, and the minefield of race.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Ruth Sidel, Hunter College, and author of On Her Own: Growing Up in the Shadow of the American Dream \u003cdiv\u003eRuth Sidel, Hunter College, and author of \u003ci\u003eOn Her Own: Growing Up in the Shadow of the American Dream\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A brilliant, highly orginal analysis of contemporary U.S. society. Chancer illuminates fundamental issues in American culture, in the workplace, in gender relationships, and the minefield of race.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLynn Chancer advances the provocative thesis that sadomasochism is far more prevalent in contemporary societies like the United States than we realize. According to Chancer, sexual sadomasochism is only the best-known manifestation of what is actually a much more broadly based social phenomenon. Moving from personal relationships to school, the workplace, and other interactions, Chancer uses a variety of examples that are linked by a recurrent pattern of behavior. She goes beyond the predominantly individualistic and psychological explanations generally associated with sadomasochism (including those popularized in the \"how to\" literature of the recent Women Who Love Too Much genre) toward a more sociological interpretation. Chancer suggests that the structure of societies organized along male-dominated and capitalistic lines reflects and perpetuates a sadomasochistic social psychology, creating a culture steeped in everyday experiences of dominance and subordination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the first part of the book, Chancer discusses the prevalence of sadomasochistic cultural imagery in contemporary America and examines sadomasochism through several perspectives. She develops a set of definitional traits both through existential analysis of an instance of S\/M sex and by incorporating a number of Hegelian and psychoanalytic concepts. In the second part of the book, she places sadomasochism in a broader context by exploring whether and how it appears in the workplace and how it relates to gender and race.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction Reflecting on a Set of Personal and Political Criteria\u003cbr\u003e Part One Expanding the Scope of Sadomasochism\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1 Exploring Sadomasochism in the American Context\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2 Defining a Basic Dynamic: Paradoxes at the Heart of Sadomasochism\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3 Combining the Insights of Existentialism and Psychoanalysis: Why Sadomasochism?\u003cbr\u003e Part Two Sadomasochism in Its Social Settings\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4 Employing Chains of Command: Sadomasochism and the Workplace\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5 Engendering Sadomasochism: Dominance, Subordination, and the Contaminated World of Patriarchy\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6 Creating Enemies in Everyday Life: Following the Example of Others\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7 A Theoretical Finale \u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676823023896,"sku":"9780813518084","price":24.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sadomasochism-in-everyday-life-the-dynamics-of-power-and-powerlessness-paperback-softback-9780813518084","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}