Making Sense of S&M: A Discourse Analytic Account

Sexualities

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 293-314

  Taylor, Gary W ^a   Ussher, Jane M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

desire; discourse; interviews; sado masochism; sexual practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993710075     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136346001004003002     Document Type: Article

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