The Representation of Masochism and Queer Desire in Film and Literature

by Barbara Mennel

This book connects the invention of masochism by turn-of-the-century sexologist Richard von Krafft-Ebing and writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch to its contemporary appropriation by gay and lesbian filmmakers. Krafft-Ebing conceived of masochism as a literary perversion and as a gendered affliction. Mennel compares central texts by Sacher-Masoch with Monika Treut's film Seduction: The Cruel Woman and Kutlug Ataman's film Lola and Billy the Kid, negotiating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403979979
• ISBN13: 9781403979971
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 8.3"