This abstract is from the cover of the book.
In this first book-length study of lesbian s/m, Lynda Hart creates a vivid and compelling counterdiscourse to the erotophobic voices in contemporary cultural debates. Focusing on a variety of representations, from the boudary-shattering work of queer qerformances to the daring conjunction of childhood sexual abuse and perverse desire in the work of Dorothy Allison, Between the Body and the Flesh situates s/m as a lightning rod that stimulates discussions of censureship in the arts, the fetishization of sexual paraphernalia, recombinaitons of class, race, and sexuality, and the politics of psychoanalysis.
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