{"product_id":"consensual-violence-jill-d-weinberg-9780520290655","title":"Consensual Violence: Sex, Sports, and the Politics of Injury","description":"In this novel approach to understanding consent, Jill D. Weinberg presents two case studies of activities in which participants engage in violent acts: competitive mixed martial arts (MMA) and sexual sadism and masochism (BDSM). Participants in both cases assent to injury and thereby engage in a form of social decriminalization, using the language of consent to render their actions legally and socially tolerable. Yet, these activities are treated differently under criminal battery law: sports, including MMA, are generally absolved from the charge of criminal battery, whereas BDSM often represents a violation of criminal battery law. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using interviews and ethnographic observation, Weinberg argues that where law authorizes a person's consent to an activity, as in MMA, consent is not meaningfully constructed or regulated by the participants themselves. In contrast, where law prohibits a person's consent to an activity, as in BDSM, participants actively construct and regulate consent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A synthesis of criminal law and ethnography, \u003ci\u003eConsensual Violence \u003c\/i\u003eis a fascinating account of how consent is framed among participants engaged in violent acts and lays the groundwork for a sociological understanding of the process of decriminalization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jill D. Weinberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520290658\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520290655\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Jill D. Weinberg","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47202147729663,"sku":"9780520290655","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c66e493c-eaa1-4332-bf8e-9f9c30fab4a4.jpg?v=1756819770","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/consensual-violence-jill-d-weinberg-9780520290655","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}