Mainstreaming kink: The politics of BDSM representation in U.S. popular media

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 103-132

  Weiss, Margot D ^a  

^a SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

BDSM; Consumption; Late capitalism; Media; Politics of representation; Popular culture; Postmodern American culture; Sexuality; SM

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; INTERVIEW; MASOCHISM; MASS MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICS; SADISM; SEXUALITY; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CULTURE; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASOCHISM; MASS MEDIA; POLITICS; SADISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745203516     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v50n02_06     Document Type: Article

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