Pain as culture: A postcolonial feminist approach to S/M and women's agency

Sexualities

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-150

  Deckha, Maneesha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

agency; culture; feminism; pain; pleasure; postcolonialism; sadomasochism; sex; sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954561097     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460711399032     Document Type: Article

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