{"product_id":"counterpleasures-karmen-mackendrick-9780791441473","title":"Counterpleasures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTakes up a series of literary and physical pleasures that do not appear to be pleasurable, ranging from Christian saintly asceticism to Sadean narrative to contemporary s\/m practices.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCounterpleasures takes up a series of literary and physical pleasures that do not appear to be pleasurable, ranging from saintly asceticism to Sadean narrative to leathersex. Each is placed in its cultural context to unfold a history of transgressive pleasure and to argue for the value and power of such pleasures as resistant to more totalizing forms of power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karmen Mackendrick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791441474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791441473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.35w x 0.69d","brand":"Karmen Mackendrick","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46867007078655,"sku":"9780791441473","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d36c83b-5c40-4924-b32b-9c543cbf236d.jpg?v=1747453667","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/counterpleasures-karmen-mackendrick-9780791441473","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}