Ordinary Masochisms Petrus Borel Never before published in book

Never before published in book form

The Usefulness of Fasting (De utilitate ieiunii)

A critical analysis of films such as The Ballad of Little Jo

focus groups & ethnography New to the 2nd edition: The role of digital tools and social media

Ordinary Masochisms Petrus Borel Never before published in bookOrdinary Masochisms reveals how literary works from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries frequently challenged the prevailing view of masochism as a deviant behavior, an opinion supported by many sexologists and psychoanalysts in the 1800s. In these texts, Jennifer Mitchell highlights everyday examples of characters deriving pleasure from pain in encounters and emotions such as flirtations, courtships, betrothals, lesbian desires, religious zeal,