Basu, Biman.

The commerce of peoples sadomasochism and African American literature / [electronic resource] : Biman Basu. - Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012. - vii, 195 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In theory -- Slave narratives and sadomasochism -- The genuflected body of the masochist -- Dominant and submissive in protest literature -- Hybrid embodiment and an ethics of masochism -- Perverting heterosexuality: the competent practice of the object -- Neo-slave narratives and sadomasochism -- Appendix: a pragmatics of the perverse: Nietzsche and sadomasochism.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780739167441 (electronic bk.)




American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
Sadomasochism in literature.


Electronic books.

PS153.N5 / B36 2012

810.9/896073